An Iranian Oscar contender impacted by President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban is to have an open-air premiere in London just hours before the ceremony.

The Salesman, up for the best foreign language film award, will be screened in Trafalgar Square on 26 February.

Its director has said he will not go to the Oscars due to President Trump’s attempts to bar people from seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iran.

It is not yet known if Asghar Farhadi will attend the event in London.

The director—whose earlier work A Separation won the foreign film Oscar in 2012—said the free screening had “a great symbolic value”.

“The gathering of the audience around The Salesman in this famous London square is a symbol of unity against the division and separation of people,” he said.