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CINEMA SOLIDARNOSC: Looking Back at The Film's Community's Support For Jafar Panahi
21-Dec-2010
The Empty seat of Jafar Panahi named Jury in absentia at Cannes Film Festival - ( Notice:Marjane Satrapi in Audience):
Press Conference with Abbas Kiarostami and Juliet Binoche on Jafar Panahi's Predicament:
Tears of Juliette Binoche during the Press Conference on Panahi's Arrest:
Mohsen Makhmalbaf speaks about Panahi and Juliette Binoche Reads out Jafar Panahi's Open Letter in Front of Cannes Palais des Festivals:
Juliette Binoche Dedicates her Best Actress Award at Cannes for Kiarostami's Certified Copy to Jafar Panahi:
Solidarity for Jafar Panahi from italian filmaker Giuliano Montaldo and from italian Govern against the detention of iranian filmaker - march 2010:
Last Summer Jafar Panahi became the Political Symbol of Cannes Film Festival 63rd edition in absentia following his arrest. Here are highlights ranging from Juliet Binoche's tears to Abbas Kiarostami's press conference. Since Jafar Panahi has been condemned to 6 years of Prison and he has also been banned from making films, writing any kind of scripts, travelling abroad and talking to local and foreign media for 20 years. Another Iranian film-maker, Mohammad Rasulov, also received a six-year sentence on similar charges. (See Related BBC News Here )
CINEMA SOLIDARNOSC:
Jafar Panahi President of Montreal World Film Festival Jury, red carpet, closing ceremony in 2009
Cannes Palais des Fetivals-French Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand, Journalist Armin Arefi and Pouya Arts Director Abbas Bakhtiari Read out Jafar Panahi's Letter of appreciation in his Support. (See Related News in LeMonde.fr)
State versus Filmmakers - Iran:
This fascinating piece profiles Iran's dissident filmmakers whose work proves that "censorship is the mother of all metaphors". Cinema here uses symbols to explore the darker side of society. "The Circle" tackles forbidden subjects like prostitution in defiance of Iran's hardline clerics. The film has sold to 37 countries, but has never been seen in Iran. Its director Jafar Panahi refuses to make the cuts demanded by the censors. The clerics have threatened to burn the film if they ever see a copy. Panahi says "They are afraid that if awareness increases or a new idea is expressed, they may lose their power". Tahmineh Milani has run into far more trouble with the authorities. She could face the death sentence for crimes she's accused of due to her film "The Hidden Half". It's a love story set in the brutal period following the Revolution. Her husband says the charges are a fabrication to silence filmmakers. Bahman Farmanara says cinema in Hollywood, where there is "censorship by financing" can be just as restrictive. And Iranian filmmakers have the power to shape society.
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Free Jafar Panahi
by siavash1000 on Sun Dec 26, 2010 09:26 AM PSTThe international communities and specifically film makers must be aware about these Islamic criminal gang who took over Iran for last 31 years. These thugs are illigitimate and has no place in Iranian society. These criminal gang has no respect for human life and brutally kill any voice of freedom. Consideration from international film makers should be given to free our film maker Jafar Panahi.
Payandeh our Aryan land IRAN.
Crown Prince Reza's Statement on Jafar Panahi's Unjust Sentence
by Darius Kadivar on Fri Dec 24, 2010 01:12 AM PSTStatement by Reza Pahlavi concerning Jafar Panahi's Sentence to 6 years Jail and 20 years Film Ban
Redford, Moore, Neshat, Spielberg Demand Release of Panahi
by Darius Kadivar on Wed Dec 22, 2010 03:59 PM PST//laregledujeu.org/2010/05/20/1584/petition-for-jafar-panahi/
Signatories:
Robert Redford,
Michael Moore,
Martin Scorsese,
Shirin Neshat,
Abbas Bakhtiari,
Shoja Azari,
Bertrand Tarvenier,
Julie Depardieu,
Isabelle Huppert,
Xavier Beauvois
Agnès Varda,
Amos Gitai,
Josiane Balasko,
Claude Lanzmann,
Danièle Thompson,
Emmanuel Carrère,
Bernard-Henri Lévy,
Atiq Rahimi,
Marjane Satrapi,
Armin Arefi,
Anouk Aimée,
Yann Moix,
Bahman Ghobadi,
Pierre Richard,
Xavier Giannoli,
Mohsen Makhmalbaf,
Abderrahman Sissoko,
Patricio Guzmán,
Paul Thomas Anderson,
Joel & Ethan Coen,
Francis Ford Coppola,
Jonathan Demme,
Robert De Niro,
Curtis Hanson,
Jim Jarmusch,
Ang Lee,
Richard Linklater,
Terrence Malick,
James Schamus,
Paul Schrader,
Steven Soderbergh,
Steven Spielberg,
Oliver Stone,
Frederick Wiseman,
Laurent David Samama,
Maria de França
Martin Scorsese Issues Statement in Support to Panahi
by Darius Kadivar on Wed Dec 22, 2010 03:32 PM PSTMartin Scorsese has issued a statement about the 6-year prison sentences slapped on Iranian filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mohammed Rasoulof. Along with Steven Spielberg and Francis Coppola, Scorsese spoke out on Panahi's behalf at Cannes, when the Iranian filmmaker was first arrested.
"I was shocked and disheartened by the news of Jafar Panahi and Mohammed Rasoulof's conviction and sentencing," Scorsese said. "It's depressing to imagine a society with so little faith in its own citizens that it feels compelled to lock up anyone with a contrary opinion. As filmmakers, we all need to stand up for Panahi and Rasoulof. We should applaud their courage and campaign aggressively for their immediate release."
This follow similar sentiments of support by Iranian filmmakers Ali Samadii Ahadi (docu The Green Wave) and Maryam Keshavarz (Cirumstance) each of whom are bringing those pictures to next month's Sundance Film Festival.
//www.deadline.com/2010/12/martin-scorsese-speaks-out-on-conviction-of-iranian-directors-jafar-panahi-and-muhamed-rasoulof/
Film Critic Peter Bradshaw Calls for Intl Support for Panahi
by Darius Kadivar on Tue Dec 21, 2010 09:22 AM PSTCry freedom for Jafar Panahi
The international film community should use all its powers to protest against the imprisonment of the Iranian film-maker
Cry freedom for Jafar Panahi (guardian)