A Cube of Sugar

A Cube of Sugar (Persian: یک حبه قند, Yek Habbeh Ghand or Ye Habbeh Ghand) is a 2011 Iranian drama film directed by Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi. It had its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival on 8 October 2011.

A Cube of Sugar
DVD cover
Directed bySeyyed Reza Mir-Karimi
Written bySeyyed Reza Mir-Karimi
Mohammad Reza Gohari
Produced bySeyyed Reza Mir-Karimi
StarringNegar Javaherian
Reza Kianian
Saeed Poursamimi
Farhad Aslani
CinematographyHamid Khozouie Abyaneh
Edited byHassan Hassandoost
Music byMohammad Reza Aligholi
Release date
  • 8 October 2011 (2011-10-08) (BIFF)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

On 24 September 2012, the film was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. However, on the same day, the head of Iran's government-controlled cinema agency called for a boycott of the Oscars due to a video on YouTube titled Innocence of Muslims that originated in the United States. Reuters reported that Iran's Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Mohammad Hosseini had confirmed that Iran would boycott.

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