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An Iranian masterwork opens with its director behind bars

After being arrested for creating antigovernment propaganda in 2010, the Iranian director Jafar Panahi was banned from making films for 20 years

The Independent UK

The best movies of 2022 — and where to find them

The movies returned at something close to full force this year. COVID masks all but vanished from multiplex crowds, and from the audiences at the press screenings I attended (though I kept mine handy). Sundance did cancel its in-person screenings for the second January in a row, thanks to the…

Los Angeles Times

Film: Mark Kermode’s 10 best of 2022

From Hindi crime drama to medieval teen empowerment, Graceland to Bradford to Iran, the year was rich in unforgettable performances

The Guardian - UK

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'Aftersun,' 'Banshees' lead AP's best films of 2022

Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr have made their picks for the best films of the year

The Independent UK

Iran confiscates filmmaker’s passport and bars him from participating in Indian film festival, report says

Tehran-based filmmaker’s passport seized at airport

The Independent UK

The Euros 2024: the 12 best football films of all time, from Bend It Like Beckham to Gregory's Girl

Want more footy? We have you covered with these top films about the sport

Evening Standard

No Bears review – Jafar Panahi’s piercingly self-aware study of film-making and fear

The Iranian director, who was imprisoned in July, crafts a complex meditation on artistic creativity and invisible borders

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No Bears movie review: Jafar Panahi’s urgent take on Iran’s culture wars

A statement of intent from a director, imprisoned by the Iranian judiciary, who is determined to keep the cameras rolling

Evening Standard

No Bears review – Jafar Panahi heads for the border in complex metafiction of fear

Jailed director Jafar Panahi plays a version of himself, forced to shoot his new film in a town near the border with Turkey

The Guardian - UK

‘Godland,’ set in Iceland, wins top award at Chicago film festival

The Gold Hugo winner also claims a Silver Hugo for its cinematography.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘The worst hours’: Evin prison fire raises fears about people jailed during Iran’s anti-regime protests

Thousands of people have been detained during the month-long uprising

The Independent UK

Iran’s Crackdown on Filmmakers Escalates

One year after ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi came to power, Iranian authorities are targeting the country's cinema. The July arrests of directors Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, both icons abroad, reflect the pressure that filmmakers and actors are facing. The Iranian film community has been asking "who will be next?"…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘A period of repression’: Iran’s crackdown on filmmakers escalates

France 24

Hit the Road: Iranian family road trip film is a worthy inheritor of the mantle of Jafar Panahi, Abbas Kiarostami

With Hit the Road, the son of an imprisoned Iranian master filmmaker Jafar Panahi picks up his father’s mantle.

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The Independent UK

New York Film Festival sets lineup for 60th edition

The New York Film Festival will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a robust 32-film main slate and a number of hometown tales, including James Gray’s Queens coming-of-age drama “Armageddon Time” and Laura Poitras’ documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” about artist Nan Goldin’s battle against the Sackler family

Asharq Al-Awsat

From Cruz to Blanchett: Venice Serves Up Film Festival Stars

The Venice Film Festival will welcome stars from Penelope Cruz to Cate Blanchett and host world premieres from directors Darren Aronofsky, Alejandro Inarritu and Luca Guadagnino, organizers said Tuesday. A total of 23 movies are in competition for the Golden Lion, the top prize awarded to the best film on…

The Guardian - UK

Hit the Road review – all of Iranian life on four wheels

Panah Panahi juggles joy, heartbreak and surreal humour in a road movie his imprisoned father would be proud of

The Guardian - UK

Hit the Road review – irrepressible defiance in beautifully composed debut feature

Directed by Panah Panahi, the son of jailed Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi, this tense family drama is drenched in a subtle but urgent political meaning

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Cannibals, Comedy and a Cinema Icon Share Venice Limelight

Cannibals, comedy and a cinema icon share Venice limelight A Marilyn Monroe drama, a cannibal road movie and a black comedy about family life are among the stories showcased at this year's Venice Film Festival. The world's oldest film festival, regarded as a launch pad for Oscar contenders as awards…

The Guardian - UK

Cate Blanchett and Harry Styles to head to Venice for 2022 edition of film festival

Competition slots for jailed Iranian director Jafar Panahi, Martin McDonagh and Darren Aronofsky, while actors on show range from past winner Blanchett to Bill Nighy and Harry Styles

The Independent UK

Aronofsky, Iñarritu films set for Venice Film Festival

Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale,” the Marilyn Monroe drama “Blonde,” Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” and Luca Guadigino’s “Bones and All,” with Timothée Chalamet, will all have their world premieres in competition at the Venice International Film Festival this fall

The Guardian - UK

‘You cannot imagine how crazy the system is’: Jafar Panahi’s film-maker son on Iranian censorship

Speaking before his director father’s latest arrest, Panah discusses the hypocrisy of the regime, the impact of his family’s resistance – and his own award-winning debut feature

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Slams Iran’s Efforts to Prevent Exercise of Freedom of Expression

The United States, which has tense relations with Iran, has condemned Tehran's "continued efforts to prevent the exercise of freedom of expression". Award-winning dissident Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi, arrested last week in Tehran, must serve a six-year sentence previously handed to him in 2010, the judicial authority announced Tuesday. Panahi,…

Radio France Internationale

Iranian film director Jafar Panahi sentenced to six years in prison

Award-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi, arrested last week in Tehran, must serve a six-year sentence previously handed to him in 2010, the judicial authority announced Tuesday.

Reuters

Iran: Award-winning film director Panahi to serve decade-old jail term

Award-winning Iranian film director Jafar Panahi will serve a six-year prison sentence originally issued by a Tehran court in 2010, a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday, amid a stepped-up crackdown on dissent in the Islamic Republic.

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