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Time and again, Jafar Panahi has proved that films have immense potential as timeless documents depicting the present socio-political situation of a nation without pandering to propaganda. The films of Panahi stand out for their natural familiarity and conviction that every person’s effort to live their life according to their terms is the most interesting struggle in existence. The viewing experience of his films frequently occurs in our calmest, most reflective areas. His films boldly critique the establishment by making political and social commentary.

In the year, 2011, Panahi was imprisoned under house arrest for a false propaganda accusation 20-year ban on creating films in Iran. He was also given a six-year prison term. But the legendary filmmaker has exhibited bravery in the face of adversity. In the year, 2011, he made a film secretly, and the film was smuggled to be screened at the prestigious Cannes film festival. This proves...

The anti-government protests sparked by the death of the 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in police custody on 16 September have spread across the country, and do not show signs of slowing down despite of arrests, heavy prison sentences, and even executions. “Women, Life, Freedom”, one of the slogans of the protests initially coined by Kurdish female fighters has become a symbol of a global action in solidarity with Iranian women & girls who are demonstrating peacefully for their fundamental human rights.

Seven Winter in Tehran is screening at Berlinale

Right in the opening cards of Steffi Niederzoll’s first feature documentary “Seven Winters in Tehran” which was the opening film of Berlinale’s Perspektive Deutsches Kino program, we can read the information about the genesis of the project based on secretly recorded video and sound material that was smuggled out of Iran, further explaining that unauthorized filming of...