On 15 January 2012 , '' A Separation '' won the Golden Globe for the Best Foreign Language Film . The film was also the official Iranian submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 2012 Academy Awards where , in addition to being nominated in this category , it was also nominated in the Best Original Screenplay category . On 26 February 2012 , '' A Separation '' became the first Iranian movie to win a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar , at the 84th edition of the Academy Awards . This marked Farhadi as the first Iranian to have won an Academy Award in any of the competitive categories . He was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2012 , along with 175 other members . '' A Separation '' also won the César Award for Best Foreign Film and the Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film in 2012
84th edition of the Academy Awards
84th Academy Awards
Asghar Farhadi