‘An unfortunate encounter with a dog sets off a chain of surreal, grotesque events that expose the corruption and tyranny at the heart of Iran’.
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'It Was Just an Accident' Academy Conversation with: Jafar Panahi (Writer / Director /Producer)
THIS IS NOT A FILM (2011), Jafar Panahi, Iran.
The official trailer for THIS IS NOT A FILM, by Iranian filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, was released in Australia on November 10, 2011. Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to six years in prison and is under house arrest as he waits for an answer to his appeal.
Synopsis: 'This clandestinely made documentary, shot partially on an iPhone and smuggled into France in a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, depicts the day-to-day life of acclaimed director Jafar Panahi (OFFSIDE, THE CIRCLE). While appealing his sentence – six years in prison and a 20-year ban from filmmaking – fellow director Mojtaba Mirtahmasb (Lady of the Roses) visits Mr. Panahi at his Tehran apartment and films him talking to his family and lawyer on the phone, reflecting on the art of filmmaking, meeting some of his neighbors and even interacting with an inquisitive iguana.'
Offside (2006), Jafar Panahi, Iran
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This is the official trailer of Jafar Panahi's 2006 award-winning film "Offside". Deals with reality of women's life in Iran's patriarchal society. A group of women each attempted to get in the stadium to watch the live Iran-Bahrain World Cup qualifying match in Tehran but got busted and detained in a cordoned area at the back of the stadium.
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