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Language
Persian
Description
This clandestine 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) during his house arrest in his Tehran apartment. While appealing his sentence, six years in prison and a 20 year ban from filmmaking, Panahi is seen talking to his family and lawyer on the phone, discussing his plight with Mirtahmasb....
Language
English
Description
Jafar Panahi, the Iranian writer/director of internationally acclaimed films is under house arrest, and has been banned from filmmaking for 20 years. "This is not a film" is a courageous effort by Panahi and his co-director Motjaba Mirtahmasb to fight against censorship and for human rights, not only for his colleagues in the Iranian film industry, but filmmakers everywhere. This day-in-the-life documentary of Jafar Panahi's experience of being under...
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