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Jafar Panahi is an internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker and director known for his politically charged films which have garnered numerous awards and critical acclaim. He has been banned by the Iranian government from making films and has faced imprisonment and house arrest, but continues to make films in secret.
Secretly filmed in Iran for over two years, Nasrin is an immersive portrait of human rights activist and political prisoner Nasrin Sotoudeh and Iran’s remarkably resilient women’s rights movement. Nas...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >Renowned Iranian director Jafar Panahi received a 6-year prison sentence and a 20-year ban from filmmaking and conducting interviews with foreign press due to his open support for the opposition party...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is n...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been barred from leaving the country, arrives at a village on the Iran-Turkey border to supervise a film based on a real-life couple seeking passports to Europe...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >Filmmaker Jafar Panahi and actor Behnaz Jafari travel to a tiny village after receiving a plea for help from a girl whose family has forbidden her from studying acting. Amusing encounters abound, but...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >A man, his dog, a young woman and a filmmaker in a house by the Caspian Sea. All three are wanted, but they are also in search of each other. Thus begins an absurd game in which reality and fiction me...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >A portrait of the Panahi family's matriarch as the pandemic makes it more difficult for intergenerational connection.
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >Featuring seven stories from seven auteurs from around the world, the film chronicles this unprecedented moment in time, and is a true love letter to the power of cinema and its storytellers.
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