Cinema of Iran

Dissident Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi arrested

Award-winning dissident Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi was arrested Monday, the third director to be detained in less than a week, the Mehr news agency said.

Panahi, 62, has won a slew of awards at international festivals for films that have critiqued modern Iran, including the top prize in Berlin for "Taxi" in 2015, and best screenplay at Cannes for his film "Three Faces" in 2018.

Iranian film Hit the Road wins main award at Ljubljana film fest

Ljubljana – Hit the Road, a chaotic family road trip movie by Iranian director Panah Panahi, is the winner of the Kingfisher Award, the main award handed out at the Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFE).

Panahi’s debut feature is a multi-layered portrait of an Iranian family and Iranian society at large set in a road trip through north-western Iran.

Iranian Cinema | Thessaloniki | February 6-8

The Thessaloniki Film Festival is showcasing one of the most interesting national cinemas in the world right now with a tribute to Iranian film at the Stavros Tornes theater at the port complex. Organized in cooperation with the Iranian Embassy's Cultural Center, the tribute comprises six fiction features and two documentaries that illustrate Iran's blossoming cinema scene.

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