International Support for Panahi

European filmmakers, festivals, rally for jailed filmmaker

Hollywood Reporter: Europe's premiere film festivals and the European film community have rallied behind Iranian director Jafar Panahi, calling on the regime in Tehran to reverse a sentence condemning him to six years in prison. Iranian authorities on Monday found Panahi guilty of colluding in the gathering and making of propaganda against the regime. In addition to the prison term, he is banned for 20 years from making films, writing scripts, traveling outside the country or giving interviews to the media. His lawyer said she will appeal the conviction. Europe's major film festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Locarno, Rotterdam, Karlovy Vary and many others, condemned the sentence for Panahi and fellow Iranian filmmaker Mohammed Rassoulov, who also received a six-year prison term >>>


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marry christmas!!

by tabriz_balasi on Fri Dec 24, 2010 05:51 PM PST

Conjure Love; drop the shadow
“I”; focus; become a pure force; fly tangent to the holy unity; become “it”; do,
create, and prove; represent with the forcefulness of a tornado; whirl, curl
and spin out of the spiral of your habitat, he is your only home; have no mercy
other than his, fear only him; bear your pains, say NO to pleasure, fight anger,
envy NOT, regret NO MORE; pierce through as it is your single property; your
only concern is the path, path set to you by him; He is all-seeing,
all-hearing, all-knowing, and all-powerful; ask only him for help; depend only on
his forgiveness; take off the chains of falsehood; there is no rescue other
than the extension of his hand.  Take his
hand, get up; now.

be an act at all times in the name of Allah.


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Khar

Free Jafar Panahi and Mohammed Rassoulov!!!

by Khar on Fri Dec 24, 2010 05:27 PM PST

Satanic Islamic Republic is taking Iranian people hostage.


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statira

European festivals and filmmakers

by statira on Fri Dec 24, 2010 01:55 PM PST

rally for him but not Americans.


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this guy is so beautiful...

by tabriz_balasi on Fri Dec 24, 2010 10:40 AM PST

if we didn't have people like him in Iran, then we wouldn't even dare to have hope for our father-land.  brave, smart, dedicated to his work, does not back off in the face of difficulties, exactly as God wants all of us to be. some people are like him, and some people want to be like him, and some people see a problem with they way he is...


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عموجان

Well, I got my white balloon

by عموجان on Fri Dec 24, 2010 09:05 AM PST


That balloon will be in front my window till he comes home.


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Shazde Asdola Mirza

محاکمه

Shazde Asdola Mirza
Fri Dec 24, 2010 08:58 AM PST

تازیانه فرود آمد
 و باز شکوه نکرد
کجای اطلس تاریخ تو می خواهی
به آب حرف بشویی
قصر قیصر را
و تاج خاقان را ؟
... 

خبر رسیده که باران دوباره
 خواهد بارید
 خدا برهنه خواهد شد
 و باغ خاکستر خواهد شکفت
مسافری در راه است
 که بادبانش از ارغوان و ابر
 پر است
و جسم ظلمت را 
 از خواب نسترن ها بیرون می افکند
مسافرانی در راهند
سپیده دم را بر دوش می کشند آنان
لباس صاعقه بر تن دارند
 برادرانم
شب را با واژه هاشان
سوراخ می کنند
...

مگر نمی بینی
که قلب من سبز است
...

درون جنگل سبز
چکاوکی پر زد
و در نسیم آویخت

شفیعی کدکنی


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persian westender

This is a shame! another one!

by persian westender on Fri Dec 24, 2010 02:10 AM PST


All these heavy convictions for such a phony accusation? What exactly constitutes " gathering and making of propaganda against the regime"? The regime is making propaganda against itself by such stupid verdicts!

If he was not so well-known and respected among the film-makers around the world, god knows what would be his convictions!?   

 


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Simorgh5555

Jafar Panahi

by Simorgh5555 on Fri Dec 24, 2010 01:45 AM PST

You are the crown jewell of Iranian cinema. You are a true artist and your films have struck a chord with everyone. You should be proud that that your films have made a bunch of terrorists in Iran to fear you to the extent they need to lock you up,

Death to the Islamic Republic! 


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