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Jafar Panahi, a leading figure of the Iranian New Wave, is known for his humanistic and socially conscious films. A student of Abbas Kiarostami, he was sentenced in 2010 to six years in prison and a 20-year ban on filmmaking, media appearances, and travel. Despite this, he continued to create, directing THIS IS NOT A FILM, CLOSED CURTAIN, TAXI, and THREE FACES, the latter strongly reflecting Kiarostami’s influence.

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Filmography

Khers Nist (2022); Se rokh (2018); Taxi Teheran (2015)

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