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Jafar Panahi

Jafar Panahi

Iranian film director
July 11, 1960 (64 years old)

No Bears

V.O.: Khers Nist
Iran. 2022. Drama by Jafar Panahi with Jafar Panahi, Reza Heydari, Mina Kavani. In a village in Iran, close to Turkey, a filmmaker secretly shoots a film from a distance and becomes a witness to a forbidden love story between two young lovers.
Runtime: 107 min.
U.S. 2021. Sketches by collectif with Yay Yay Bobby Jones, Catherine Machovsky, Zhang Yu. During the global health crisis of 2020-2021, seven confined filmmakers from diverse backgrounds share their state of mind.
Runtime: 115 min.

3 Faces

V.O.: Se Rokh
Iran. 2018. Dramatic comedy by Jafar Panahi with Jafar Panahi, Behnaz Jafari, Marziyeh Rezaei. A director takes an actress friend to a mountain village, where she has received a video of a teenage girl hanging herself because her family forbids her to make films.
Runtime: 105 min.

Jafar Panahi's Taxi

V.O.: Taksi Tahran
Iran. 2015. Essay film by Jafar Panahi. Posing as a cab driver, filmmaker Jafar Panahi brings on board various passengers, whose addition paints a portrait of contemporary Iran.
Runtime: 82 min.

Closed Curtain

V.O.: Parde
Iran. 2013. Drama by Jafar Panahi, Kambuzia Partovi with Maryam Moqadam.

This Is Not a Film

V.O.: In film nist
Iran. 2011. Documentary by Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb. Under house arrest, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi awaits the verdict of the appeal court while talking about his work and a recent aborted film project.
Runtime: 75 min.
Iran. 2006. Dramatic comedy by Jafar Panahi with Sima Mobarak Shani, Safar Samandar, Shayesteh Irani. In Tehran, young girls dressed as boys try to attend a soccer game despite a law banning women from stadiums.
Runtime: 93 min.

Crimson Gold

V.O.: Talaye Sorgh
Iran. 2003. Social drama by Jafar Panahi with Hussein Emadeddin, Kamyar Sheissi, Azita Rayeji. In Tehran, an accumulation of frustrations and humiliations leads a humble pizza delivery man to commit a desperate act.
Runtime: 92 min.

The Circle

V.O.: Dayereh
Iran. 2000. Social drama by Jafar Panahi with Fereshteh Sadr Orafal, Fatemeh Naghavi, Nargess Mamizadeh. The linked destinies of various Iranian women victims of rejection by their families or society.
Runtime: 96 min.

The Mirror

V.O.: Ayneh
Iran. 1997. Drama by Jafar Panahi with Mina Mohamad-Khani.
Runtime: 95 min.

The White Balloon

V.O.: Badkonake sefid
Runtime: 85 minutes

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