Jafar Panahi
Still: No BearsAfter completing his film studies, Jafar PANAHI (1960, Iran) became assistant to Abbas Kiarostami, his mentor and source of inspiration. Panahi rarely uses professional actors and his style moves between documentary and neorealism. Typical of his work is a critical attitude towards class differences and the position of minorities and women in Iran. As a result, his films are rarely screened in Iran. He won the Caméra d’Or for best debut film with The White Balloon (1995) and won the Golden Lion in Venice with The Circle (2000). Offside was awarded the Silver Bear and the Jury Grand Prix at the Berlinale in 2006. In 2010, Jafar Panahi was handed a six-year prison sentence and a 20-year ban on making or directing any films, writing screenplays, giving any form of interview with Iranian or foreign media, or leaving the country. Panahi nevertheless managed to make a number of films and to smuggle these out of the country. No Bears (2022), selected for IFFR 2023, is his fifth feature in defiance of the ban.
Filmography
Yarali bashlar/Les têtes blessées (1988, short), Negah-e dovom/Deuxième regard (1989, short), Kish (1991, short), Akharin emtehan/Dernière épreuve (1992, short), Doust/The Friend (1995, short), Badkonak-e sefid/The White Balloon (1995), Ayneh/The Mirror (1997), Ardekoul (1997, short), Dayereh/The Circle (2000), Talaye sorgh/Crimson Gold (2003), Offside (2006), Untying the Knot (2007, short), The Accordion (2010, short), In film nist/This Is Not a Film (2011, doc), Pardé/Closed Curtain (2013), Taxi/Taxi Tehran (2015), Khers Nist/No Bears (2022)
Jafar Panahi op IFFR
The White Balloon
85'
Iran
IFFR 1996
Ardekoul
29'
Iran
IFFR 1998
Ayneh
95'
Iran
IFFR 1998
Traveller from the South
92'
Iran
IFFR 1998
The Circle
90'
Iran
IFFR 2001
Crimson Gold
97'
Iran
IFFR 2004
The Silence Between Two Thoughts
95'
Iran
IFFR 2004
Offside
99'
Iran
IFFR 2007
The White Balloon
85'
Iran
IFFR 2011
The White Meadows
92'
Iran
IFFR 2011
Hit the Road
Licht absurdistisch portret van een chaotisch gezin op roadtrip, maar waarheen? Onweerstaanbaar Iraans debuut, winnaar Best Film in Londen.
90'
Iran
IFFR 2022
No Bears
Twee stellen tarten de autoriteiten. Van een filmmaker die geen films mag maken.
107'
Iran
IFFR 2023
Hit the Road
Beschikbaar op Festival Scope Pro van 26 januari 9:00 uur CET tot 14 februari 9:00 uur CET
90'
Iran
P&I Selection 2022