How Jafar Panahi assembled a team of dissident artists to make his risky new film

With Palme d'Or winner and Oscar hopeful 'It Was Just an Accident,' the legendary Iranian filmmaker brought together ...
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Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi discusses his new thriller, 'It Was Just an Accident'

Jafar Panahi's been jailed twice for making movies. He's criticized the current Iranian government. One of the first things he's done after his recent release is to make another film. It's called "It ...

Why Jafar Panahi Will Return to Iran After the ‘It Was Just an Accident’ Oscar Campaign — Even as a Prison Sentence Awaits Him

The Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker was sentenced last month to one year in prison for “propaganda activities” related to his ...
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Want to get into the films of Iran's Jafar Panahi, who went from imprisonment to Cannes? He's happy to help

Director Jafar Panahi visits the Los Angeles Times Studios at RBC House during the Toronto International Film Festival in September. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) As a child born in a ...
Roger Ebert

Panahi & Kiarostami: Two Masters

A preview of a fascinating new series to start the year at the IFC Center curated by our very own Godfrey Cheshire.
The New York Times

Jafar Panahi

‘Una batalla tras otra’ y ‘White Lotus’ de HBO, ambos propiedad del estudio, consiguieron el mayor número de nominaciones para películas y programas de televisión. By Nicole Sperling The studio’s film ...
Newsday

Jafar Panahi doesn't want to be called a hero. He just wants to make films

NEW YORK — The Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been imprisoned, banned from traveling, put under house arrest and ordered to stop making films for 20 years. And, yet, Panahi has continually made ...
New Republic

Jafar Panahi’s Revenge Road Trip Masterpiece

“I’m not that brave,” the Iranian director Jafar Panahi told Film Comment in an interview earlier this year. “I’m just doing my job. I’m making my films…. I feel a bit embarrassed when this is seen as ...