Director Jafar Panahi Is At It Again
Some people cannot be silenced, and Jafar Panahi is certainly one of them. The veteran filmmaker has been creating films in Iran for many years,
Some people cannot be silenced, and Jafar Panahi is certainly one of them. The veteran filmmaker has been creating films in Iran for many years,
The Reluctant Fundamentalist, a big-screen adaptation of Mohsin Hamid’s acclaimed 2007 novel, has opened the 69th Venice Film Festival. (Source: persianrealm.com) Jury and Opening with Tribute to
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has released a short video highlighting the plight of Iranian cinema. Iranian Cinema Under Siege :
Amnesty International will lead a delegation of celebrities to the Iran Mission to the United Nations on June 8 to symbolically rename a nearby New
Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof are in Cannes in absentia with two films which are being currently screened at the Festival. The films were made
The jailed Iranian director Jafar Panahi is to win the Carrosse d’Or at this year’s Cannes film festival. Panahi, who won the Camera d’Or at Cannes in
Short film by Jafar Panahi. If you have not seen his other films, Dayereh (circle) or Offside, Don’t miss them.
Unlike most western movies whereby bloodshed, sex, etc., make a production successful, Mr. Panahi focuses on people and our culture. Here is a short film
PARIS TO BERLIN — Europe’s premiere film festivals and the European film community have rallied behind Iranian director JafarPanahi, calling on the regime in Tehran
BERLIN – Isabella Rossellini turned the Berlin Film Festival’s opening night gala into a public condemnation of the Iranian regime when she read aloud from
Lors de la soirée en soutient aux cinéastes Jafar Panahi et Mahammad Rasoulov à la Cinémathèque française le mercredi 2 février, la Société des Réalisateurs
I Watched the Golden Globes Award Ceremony last night and I just wished….. wished for someone to say or do something to recognize their fellow
Haggis, the director of “Crash,” and others are urging Hollywood stars to pin on white lapel ribbons to register their opposition to the Iranian government’s
Dear Mr. Secretary-General, Mr. Jafar Panahi, the celebrated Iranian film director and winner of many international awards, has been sentenced to six years in prison
Paul Haggis, Sean Penn, Martin Scorsese and Harvey Weinstein Join Amnesty International to Condemn Harsh Sentence for Acclaimed Iranian Director Jafar Panahi. (New York) —
The son of famed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who was sentenced to six years in prison and banned from making movies or traveling abroad for
The news of the sentence handed down by the courts of the theocratic regime to Mr. Jafar Panahi was indeed distressing: Six years of imprisonment
Last Summer
As I heard the news today about one of my idols in Iranian film, Jafar Panahi, I had to revisit my own drawing / cartoon
Le ministre de la Culture Frédéric Mitterrand “s’élève vigoureusement”contre la condamnation à six ans de prison du cinéaste iranien Jafar Panahi, indique lundi un communiqué. Le
The acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was sentenced to six years in prison today, and banned from directing and producing films for the next 20
The Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi has been denied the right to attend this year’s Venice international film festival. Due to open the short film section
Jafar Panahi, prominent Iranian filmmaker who was released on bail in May in Iran, will open the 67th session of Venice Film Festival with the
Jafar Panahi was notable by his absence at last week’s Cannes film festival. Abbas Kiarostami praised him at the press conference; Juliette Binoche brandished his
My fellow blogger Redwine pointed me to the photos of Jafar Panahi’s release from Prison after paying his bail. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and