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Title:

This is not a film Īn fīlm nīst

Author:

Panahi, Jafar, producer, director.

Publication Information:

[United States] : Palisades Tartan, [2012]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

This clandestine documentary, shot partially on an iPhone and smuggled into France on a usb drive hidden in a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, depicts the day-to-day life of acclaimed director Jafar Panahi (Offside, The Circle) during his house arrest in his Tehran apartment. While appealing his 2010 sentence (six years in prison and a 20-year ban from filmmaking, interviews or leaving the country) Panahi is seen talking to his family and lawyer on the phone, and discussing his plight with his friend and collaborator, Mirtahmasb.

General Note:

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.

Bonus features: theatrical trailer; commentary track; 2008 interview excerpt with Jafar Panahi.

Language:

Persian

Reading Level:

Not rated.

Personal Subject:

Panahi, Jafar.

Mirtahmasb, Mojtaba.

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