Saturday's hunter (2011)

Interesting facts

Saturday's Hunter is a 2010 film by the Iranian director Parviz Sheikh Tadi. The film was subsequently viewed as antisemitic, as it reportedly depicted Jews massacring Arabs while seeking god-like powers. The film was subsequently nominated in the 28th Fajr International Film Festival and was screened at the 17th international children's festival in Hamedan. The film was also broadcast on Channel 1 of Iranian TV on August 17, 2012.

Production and development

In an interview with the Art News Agency, director Parviz Sheikh Tadi stated that the film was based on years of research in order to accurately depict "how children grow in Israel with training of Zionism." He also explained that:

"ethnic and religious racism has roots in Jew's nation and this kind of action is legal in their rules and they thought that they have the best religion in the world. And because this kind of issue is limited in other countries we in Iran should pay attention to it."

In an interview with the Tehran Times, Sheikh Tadi explained that Saturday's Hunter was "the first movie that reveals some novel aspects about Zionism, focusing on radical Zionism."

In an article published in Iran, Sheikh Tadi explained that "I extracted most of the information from the resources of the Zionist regime [Israel], such as books, films, photos and interviews with soldiers, leaders and various social strata of this regime. Zionists worked on beliefs of Jews for four generations and promulgated religious nationalism and Jewish Talibanism.” He also stated that:

We must come to terms with this reality that the Zionist lobby has a great deal of influence in the cinema industry and that the US and other western powers constantly support the interests of the Zionist regime worldwide.

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