Jafar Panahi

A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive…

Dir. Jafar Panahi · With Jafar Panahi, Hana Saeidi, Nasrin Sotoudeh

Several people try to take advantage of a little girl's innocence to hustle money her mom gave to her to buy a goldfish with.

Dir. Jafar Panahi · With Aida Mohammadkhani, Mohsen Kafili, Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee

During the 2006 World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Bahrain, numerous young women are caught and rounded up for dressing as men so they could gain access to the game. Guarded by several soldiers in a holding pen, the women attempt to keep updated on the score.

Dir. Jafar Panahi · With Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi

An unassuming mechanic is reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he encounters a man he suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor.

Dir. Jafar Panahi · With Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi

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 on a real-life couple seeking passports to Europe being shot in Turkey, but both his stay and the production run into trouble.

Dir. Jafar Panahi · With Jafar Panahi, Naser Hashemi, Vahid Mobasseri

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 from studying acting. Amusing encounters abound, but they soon discover that the local hospitality is rivaled by the desire to protect old traditions.

Dir. Jafar Panahi · With Behnaz Jafari, Jafar Panahi, Marziyeh Rezaei

Renowned Iranian director Jafar Panahi received a 6-year prison sentence and a 20-year ban from filmmaking and conducting interviews with foreign press due to his open support for the opposition party in Iran's 2009 election. In this film, which was shot secretly by Panahi's close friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and smuggled into France on a USB stick concealed inside a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, Panahi documents his daily life under house arrest as he awaits a decision on his appeal.

Dir. Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi · With Jafar Panahi, Igi, Mrs. Gheirat