“I’m really happy for me and for Iranian cinema,”
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Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panâhi is an Iranian filmmaker and actor. He is known internationally for his artistic contributions to post-1979 Revolution Iranian cinema, and he has been associated with the Iranian New Wave. His work, rooted in neorealism and centered on the lives of women, children, and the marginalized, constitutes a critical portrait of the social, political, and gendered structures of contemporary Ir…
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entertainment · Iranian filmmaker and actor (born 1960) · film director · film producer · film editor · screenwriter · actor · director · also Jafar Panahi, Ja'far Panahi, Panahi
Born 11 July 1960 · Q31637
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2026· 11 entries
“All she wanted was the proper vote of the people to be counted. “For pursuing her goals, she didn’t use rocks or clubs,”
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“humanitarian events interpreted in a poetic and artistic way”
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“I was very conscious of not trying to play with people”
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“in all of my films, you never see an evil character, male or female. I believe everyone is a good person.”
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“asked the Iranian government, the president and the culture minister, to allow Jafar Panahi to attend the world premiere of his film at the Berlinale.”
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“I use the football game as a metaphor to show the discrimination against women on a larger scale. All my movies have that topic at their center. This is what I am trying to change in Iranian society.”
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“probably the one that people have seen the most”
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“I started my career making children”
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The New York Times: Jafar Panahi
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TheWrap: Jafar Panahi Laments Death and Destruction in Iran, Calls for Hollywood Support: ‘A Reality Ridden With Bullets’
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2025· 13 entries
The Guardian: It Was Just an Accident review – Jafar Panahi takes us on a nightmare trip into a land of bribes and brutality
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The Guardian: Iran sentences award-winning director Jafar Panahi to year in prison for ‘propaganda activities’
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Yahoo: Medan Partners With Neon For U.S. Release Of Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just An Accident’
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Deadline.com: Jafar Panahi Lands In U.S. For Beyond Fest, New York Film Festival Appearances After Visa Delay
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Awarded Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Director for It Was Just an Accident (2025).
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Awarded Asia Pacific Screen Award for Achievement in Directing for It Was Just an Accident (2025).
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Awarded Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Original Screenplay for It Was Just an Accident (2025).
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Awarded Palme d'Or for It Was Just an Accident (2025).
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The Guardian: Jafar Panahi returns to Iran in triumph after Cannes Palme d’Or win
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The Guardian: Jafar Panahi’s Cannes victory is a wonderful moment for an amazingly courageous film-maker
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The Guardian: Iranian director Jafar Panahi wins Palme d’Or at Cannes for It Was Just an Accident
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The Guardian: Banned film-maker Jafar Panahi says friends lost hope he would direct again
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The Guardian: ‘I think of those I left behind in prison’: Iran’s Jafar Panahi on life as a banned film-maker
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2024· 1 entry
Collaborated to The Witness, serving as screenwriter, editor and artistic consultant
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2022· 1 entry
Panahi released a new film, No Bears (خرس نیست), in which a lightly fictionalised Panahi has moved to a small village immediately adjacent to the Turkish border while directing a movie remotely via laptop
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2018· 1 entry
Awarded Best Screenplay Award for Three Faces (2018).
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2015· 2 entries
Awarded Preis für die Freiheit und Zukunft der Medien (2015).
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Won Golden Bear for Taxi (2015).
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2013· 2 entries
Earned Silver Bear for Best Screenplay for Closed Curtain (2013).
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Awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg (2013).
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2012· 3 entries
Awarded Sakharov Prize (2012).
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“s Sakharov Prize. He shared the award with Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh. European Parliament President Martin Schulz called them”
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In recognition of his defense of freedom of expression
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2011· 3 entries
Awarded Carrosse d'or (2011).
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Boston's American Repertory Theater and System of a Down's Serj Tankian dedicated their production of Prometheus Bound to Panahi and seven other activists, stating in the program notes that "by singing the story of Prome
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Made the documentary feature This Is Not a Film (این فیلم نیست) in collaboration with Iranian filmmaker Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
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2010· 2 entries
Made the short film The Accordion, which was commissioned for the Then and Now Beyond Borders and Differences series of short film by Art for The World
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Was sentenced to six years in prison and a 20-year ban on filmmaking activities, based on charges of "propaganda against the Islamic Republic"
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2007· 1 entry
Contributed the short film Untying the Knot to the omnibus film Persian Carpet
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2006· 2 entries
Earned Silver Bear for Offside (2006).
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Panahi made Offside (آفساید)
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2003· 3 entries
Awarded Un Certain Regard for Crimson Gold (2003).
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Panahi was arrested and interrogated for four hours by the Information Ministry in Iran, then released after being encouraged to leave Iran
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Produced by Jafar Panahi Productions
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2000· 2 entries
Won Golden Lion for The Circle (2000).
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Panahi made The Circle (دایره ), produced by Jafar Panahi Film Productions and Mikado-Lumiere&Co
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1997· 2 entries
Won Golden Leopard for The Mirror (1997).
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Panahi made the documentary short film Ardekoul
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1995· 2 entries
Awarded Caméra d'Or for The White Balloon (1995).
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Panahi made his feature film debut, The White Balloon (بادکنک سفید), produced by IRIB-Channel 2, Ferdos Films and the Farabi Cinema Foundation
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1994· 1 entry
“wanted to prove to myself that I can do the job, that I can finish a feature film successfully and get good acting out of my players.”
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1992· 1 entry
Panahi made his first narrative short film, The Friend (Doust), an homage to Kiarostami's first short film, The Bread and Alley
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1990· 1 entry
Worked as an assistant director on Partovi's film The Fish (1991)
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1988· 1 entry
Panahi filmed The Second Look (Negah-e Dovvom), a behind-the-scenes documentary short on the making of Kambuzia Partovi's film Golnar
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1981· 1 entry
Was captured by Kurdish rebels and held for 76 days
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1960· 1 entry
Born 1960-07-11.
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