This Is Not a Film

Name: This Is Not a Film
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011-09-27
Duration: 75 min
Cast: Rakhsan, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Hasan, Micky, Igi

If we could tell a film, then why make a film?

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Release Date

9/27/2011

Runtime

75 mins

Genres

Documentary

Overview

Renowned Iranian director Jafar Panahi received a 6-year prison sentence and a 20-year ban from filmmaking and conducting interviews with foreign press due to his open support for the opposition party in Iran's 2009 election. In this film, which was shot secretly by Panahi's close friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and smuggled into France on a USB stick concealed inside a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, Panahi documents his daily life under house arrest as he awaits a decision on his appeal.

Status

Released

Original Language

Persian

Budget

Revenue

$69,659

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A quietly powerful act of resistance: a filmmaker stripped of his right to make films documents his confinement with dark wit and philosophical reflection, turning constraints into art. The film itself becomes the defiant answer to its opening question.