Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi is a representative of Iranian “New Wave.” He is one of the leaders of contemporary Iranian cinema. Panahi’s work, from his first attempts to discuss social issues to his later and braver discussions of taboo topics in Iran are a creative reflection on the nature of cinema and human society, and are imbued with humanity. In 2010, the court in Iran sentenced Jafar Panahi to six years in prison. In addition, according to the sentence, Panahi was banned from making films for 20 years, giving interviews to local and international media outlets, and leaving Iran. Three Faces was his fourth film (after This Is Not a Film, Closed Curtain, and Taxi) shot after his arrest. The director did not attend the premiere due to being banned from leaving Iran. Panahi is a student of Abbas Kiarostami, whose influence is especially clear in Three Faces, reminiscent of such acclaimed masterpieces as The Wind Will Carry Us and Taste of Cherry.
Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 7.305 |
Birthday | 1960-07-11 |
Place of Birth | Mianeh, Iran |
Also Known As | Джафар Панахи, 자파르 파나히, Jafaras Panahi, |
2006
Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution
6/3
Today Iranian cinema is one of the most highly regarded national cinemas in the world, regularly winning festival awards and critical acclaim for film...
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Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution
2011
This Is Not a Film
7.063/87
Renowned Iranian director Jafar Panahi received a 6-year prison sentence and a 20-year ban from filmmaking and conducting interviews with foreign pres...
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This Is Not a Film
2013
Closed Curtain
6.8/17
In a secluded house by the sea with the curtains shut, a screenwriter hides from the world with only his dog as company. The tranquility is abruptly b...
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Closed Curtain
2015
Taxi
7.041/411
A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their vi...
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Taxi
2004
Journey to the Land of the Traveler
2/1
Twenty years after The Traveler was made, Kiarostami's son filmed his father as he reunited with the film's child star, now in his 30s.
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Journey to the Land of the Traveler
2016
Where Are You, Jafar Panahi?
5/1
Jafar Panahi and fellow Iranian director Majid Barzegar take a 20-minute drive to Kiarostami’s grave, during which time “the two friends speak appropr...
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Where Are You, Jafar Panahi?
2016
76 Minutes and 15 seconds with Abbas Kiarostami
6.8/6
Kiarostami as we have never really known him before, despite the transformative power of his many movies. Filmmaker and close friend Samadian avoids t...
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76 Minutes and 15 seconds with Abbas Kiarostami
2018
3 Faces
6.722/126
Filmmaker Jafar Panahi and actor Behnaz Jafari travel to a tiny village after receiving a plea for help from a girl whose family has forbidden her fro...
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3 Faces
2008
Crítico
7.868/19
Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 20...
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Crítico
1994
Through the Olive Trees
7.4/161
Complications arise in a director's attempt to film a scene in Life, and Nothing more... (1992).
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Through the Olive Trees
2020
Hidden
6.409/22
Jafar Panahi sets out to find a Kurdish young woman with a golden voice that has been forbidden to sing by her family.
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Hidden
2020
Nasrin
10/2
Secretly filmed in Iran for over two years, Nasrin is an immersive portrait of human rights activist and political prisoner Nasrin Sotoudeh and Iran’s...
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Nasrin
2005
Cinema Iran
5.5/2
Tracing the history and influence of Iranian cinema and its filmmakers.
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Cinema Iran
2021
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
6.6/8
Featuring seven stories from seven auteurs from around the world, the film chronicles this unprecedented moment in time, and is a true love letter to...
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The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2022
No Bears
7/95
Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been barred from leaving the country, arrives at a village on the Iran-Turkey border to supervise a film based...
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No Bears
2021
Life
0/0
A portrait of the Panahi family's matriarch as the pandemic makes it more difficult for intergenerational connection.
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Life
1994
Behind the Scenes of 'Under the Olive Trees'
0/0
A documentary by Hamideh Sharif Rad about Abbas Kiarostami's "Through the Olive Trees" (1994).
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Behind the Scenes of 'Under the Olive Trees'
2023
And, Towards Happy Alleys
0/0
A passionate declaration of love for the cinema and poetry of Iran, which also offers a frank view of the precarious situation for critics of the regi...
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And, Towards Happy Alleys
2022
Jiseok
0/0
On May 18, 2017, the Busan International Film Festival’s Program Director Kim Jiseok died suddenly and unexpectedly from a heart attack while on a bus...
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