Īn fīlm nīst = This is not a film / Jafar Panahi Film Productions ; writer, Jafar Panahi ; directors, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi.

اين فىلم نىست = This is not a film / Jafar Panahi Film Productions ; writer, Jafar Panahi ; directors, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi.
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This clandestine documentary, shot partially on an iPhone and smuggled into France 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 sentence -- s...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Jafar Panahi Film Productions (Production company)
Kanopy (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Panahi, Jafar (Director)
Mirtahmasb, Mojtaba (Director)
Language:Persian
English
Language of the Original:
Persian
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, [2014]
Subjects:
Panahi, Jafar.
Political prisoners > Iran > Biography.
Motion picture producers and directors > Iran > Biography.
Political prisoners.
Motion picture producers and directors.
Iran.
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
Nonfiction films.
Genre:
Biography.
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
Nonfiction films.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource via Kanopy - MSU authorized users (kanopy)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (79 min.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
This is not a film [Parallel title]
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
This clandestine documentary, shot partially on an iPhone and smuggled into France 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 sentence -- six years in prison and a 20 year ban from filmmaking -- Panahi is seen talking to his family and lawyer on the phone, discussing his plight with Mirtahmasb and reflecting on the meaning of the art of filmmaking.
Note:Originally produced as a documentary film in 2011.
Call Number:DS318.84.P36 T45 2014 Online
Cast:
Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb.
Source of Description:
Online resource; title from title frames.