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Jafar Panahi (Persian: جعفر پناهی) (born July 11, 1960 in Mianeh, Iran) is an internationally-acclaimed Persian filmmaker and one of the most influential filmmakers in Iranian new wave movement.

Career

After studying film directing at the College of Cinema and Television in Tehran, Panahi made several films for Iranian television and was the assistant director of Abbas Kiarostami's film Through the Olive Trees.

Panahi's first feature film came in 1995,White Balloon, which won a Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. His second feature film, The Mirror, received the Golden Leopard Award at the Locarno Film Festival.

His most notable offering to date has been The Circle (2000), which criticized the treatment of women under Iran's Islamist regime. Jafar Panahi won the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, for The Circle. Panahi also directed Crimson Gold in 2003, which brought him Un Certain Regard Jury Award at Cannes Film Festival.

Panahi's Offside (the story of girls who disguise themselves as boys to be able to watch a football match) was nominated for competition in the 2006 Berlin Film Festival, where he was awarded with prestigious Silver Bear and The Jury Grand Prix 2006.

Filmography

• The Wounded Heads (Yarali bashlar, 1988)
• Kish (1991)
• The Friend (Doust, 1992)
• Akharin emtehan (1992)
• The White Balloon (Badkonake sefid, 1995)
• Ardekoul (1997)
• The Mirror (Ayneh, 1997)
• The Circle (Dayereh, 2000)
• Crimson Gold (Talaye sorkh, 2003)
• Offside (2006)

Awards and honors

Jafar Panahi has won numerous awards up to now. Here are a few:

• Silver Bear, Berlin Film Festival, 2006.
• Prix du Jury - Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival, 2003.
• Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival, 2000.
• Golden Leopard, Locarno International Film Festival, 1997.
• Prix de la Camera d'Or, Cannes Film Festival, 1995.

See also

• Intellectual Movements in Iran
• Persian cinema

External links

• Panahi's Offside by signandsight
• Pitch gender battles in IranReview of Panahi's Offside

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