Jafar panahi born 11 july 1960 is an iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, commonly identified with the iranian new wave film movement. Jafar panahi, the iranian director who won the top golden bear prize at the berlin film festival for taxi, has pleaded with iran to screen it, saying no prize is worth as much as my compatriots. Taxi takes viewers on a ride through irans oppressive. The first image is a view through the dashboard window of a yellow car wandering the streets of tehran. Taxi, his latest experiment, pays tribute to the countrys history of countercultural cinema while revitalizing this tradition through his films own daring making.
When jafar goes to pick up his niece from school, he has to prematurely dump his passengers, insisting that his niece will be stranded without him, unable to get home. Each man, woman, and child candidly expresses his or her own view of the world, while being interviewed. The film premiered in competition at the 65th berlin international film festival where it won the golden bear and the fipresci prize. Again thumbing his nose at the regime that has banned him, the courageous iranian director makes his latest film in a car. Although panahi claimed that he was not a political filmmaker, his third feature was a major departure from his first two works about children and is critical of the treatment of women under iran s islamist regime. Oct 29, 2015 director jafar panahi is purportedly banned in iran from making films, but youd never know it by watching him tootle around tehran in his taxi, which serves as a hemmedin yet viewerfriendly. Oct, 2015 the iranian director jafar panahi, who is under house arrest and has been banned from filmmaking since 2010 on the grounds of political dissent, starts taxi, his clandestinely produced film. Jafar panahis taxi was released in 2015 on friday, october 2, 2015 in limited movie theaters. In spring 2011 bostons american repertory theater and system of a. Riding rings around irans censors in jafar panahis taxi. Filmmaker jafar panahi drives a taxi through the streets of tehran, picking up a diverse group of passengers in a single day.
Hou hsiaohsiens the assassin, guy maddins the forbidden room, arnaud desplechins my golden days, michael almereydas experimenter, denis villeneuves sicario, douglas fairbanks, paul schrader on widescreen, jafar panahis taxi, the nitrate picture show. After several years of making short films and working as an assistant director for fellow iranian filmmaker abbas kiarostami, panahi achieved international recognition with his feature film. Jafar panahis taxi, the iranian directors third feature since being officially banned from filmmaking for 20 years, places him behind the wheel. Each man, woman, and child candidly expresses his or her own view of the world, while being interviewed by the curious and gracious driverdirector. Michael haneke s amour, which won the palme dor last may at cannes, was voted saturday the best film of 2012 by the prestigious national society of film critics. I thought there might be some fun early on when two passangers argue over execution for minor crimes. Oct 15, 2015 director jafar panahi takes the wheel of a tehran cab in taxi, carrying passengers such as his reallife niece, hana saeidi, left, around irans capital city. He is a humorous intelligent presence, natural, inquisitive, a good listener, a good talker too. Jafar panahis taxi has world premiere at berlin film. Jafar panahi defies his filmmaking ban to return to cannes once more watch. Jafar panahis turns his life into a movie with another statement on censorship cannes 2018 the directors latest thoughtful work widens his lens to look beyond his. Screening at melbourne international film festival, august 2018. He shot one postban film, this is not a film, in his own building, and a second, closed curtain, in a secluded house. Viewing this film one feels really disconcerted by the directors taxi driving.
Jafar panahi asks for golden bear winner taxi to be shown in. Director jafar panahi, the crew and extras, and the cast is surprised by her reaction. Jafar panahis films include through the olive trees, this is not a film, the white balloon, the circle. Its a shot that exudes love of the longunseen face of the city and joy in. Panahis subsequent film taxi also premiered in competition at the 65th. Rent jafar panahis taxi 2015 starring jafar panahi on dvd and bluray. In 2010, panahi was convicted of a ridiculous charge in his home country and was sentenced to a 20year ban on making films and traveling.
Jafar panahi himself set up some cameras in a car and acts as a taxi cab driver for 80 minutes. Feb 06, 2015 such is the question implicitly posed by taxi, the third surreptitious film a clef directed by irans jafar panahi since his 2010 conviction on charges of conspiring to create antiislamic. Jafar panahi is banned from making movies by the iranian government, he poses as a taxi. The film will play at the toronto international film festival and open in new york on. Rent jafar panahis taxi 2015 on dvd and bluray dvd. Jafar panahi asks for golden bear winner taxi to be shown. As he drives around tehran, the lines between fact and fiction are blurred in typically puckish fashion. The iranian director jafar panahi, who is under house arrest and has been banned from filmmaking since 2010 on the grounds of political dissent, starts taxi, his clandestinely produced film. In his trilogy of immurementthis is not a film 2011, closed curtain 20, and now taxiiranian director jafar panahi, banned from making films and. Asghar farhadi says its strange to be at cannes while iranian countryman jafar panahi is not 3 faces, which recently premiered incompetition at this years cannes film festival, tells the fictional story of panahi and actress behnaz jafari as they search for a young woman who sent a plea to the actress about. In taxi the iranian director jafar panahi again turns filmmaking into a. Everything you need to know about jafar panahis taxi. J afar panahis taxi aka tehran taxi opens with an utterly absorbing nineminute uncut take. Michael hanekes amour, which won the palme dor last may at cannes, was voted saturday the best film of 2012 by the prestigious national society of film critics.
Jafar panahi s taxi wins berlin s golden bear duration. Internationally acclaimed director jafar panahi this is not a film drives a yellow cab through the vibrant streets of tehran, picking up a diverse and yet representative group of passengers in a single day. There were 12 other movies released on the same date, including the martian, shanghai and he named me malala. Director jafar panahi is purportedly banned in iran from making films, but youd never know it by watching him tootle around tehran in his taxi, which serves as a. Jafar panahis taxi is not a masterpiece, but it is a highly recommended film that works both in its most reflective aspect and if you only want to have a fun time. Shooting almost entirely within a cab circling the streets of tehran, the great director jafar panahi offside, this is not a film offers a. Wellknown actress behnaz jafari is distraught by a provincial.
Taxi is the third film jafar panahi has made in secret and it is his most accessible the film, which has had its world premiere at the berlin film festival, comes from the iranian director who. Taxi 2015 closed curtain 20 this is not a film 2011 offside 2006 crimson gold 2003 the circle 2000 the mirror 1997 the white balloon 1995 credits due to the restricted nature of jafar panahis taxi, there is no billing block and no credits for this film. Oct 02, 2015 a section of taxi is devoted to an encounter between two iranian filmmakers. Nov, 2015 panahis gone in and out of prison at the whim of his government. Oct 14, 2015 jafar panahi in taxi, courtesy of tiff. For taxi he brazenly waves his defiance at the authorities in various ways. Iranian director jafar panahi s three faces is a modest but profound, leisurely but urgent portrait of a country disguised as a meandering road movie. Its the iranian taxi driver director jafar panahis new film is a controversial portrait of tehran. Such is the question implicitly posed by taxi, the third surreptitious film a clef directed by irans jafar panahi since his 2010 conviction on charges of conspiring to create antiislamic. Taxi passengers express their views and opinions as filmmaker jafar panahi drives in tehran, iran. Rent, buy or watch jafar panahis taxi movie now family. Rasoulof was prevented from attending the berlinale, as he is banned from leaving iran. As he shuttles a procession of idiosyncratic fares across the bustling city, a dashboard camera captures their candid conversations. Despite the films crew attempts to maintain mina mohammad khani in the film, she refuses and drops the film.
This is not a film 2011, closed curtain 20, and now jafar panahis taxi. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive. Nor is it woody allenish although allen is mentioned repeatedly. From its opening longtake to its gutpunch of a finale, taxi is a brilliantly humane testament to the fact that, in the 21st century, cinema is truly everywhere, and jafar panahi is still in the. In 2010, panahi was banned from making films and travelling for 20 years, so his niece hana saeidi, who. James quandt on jafar panahis taxi artforum international. This is not an arch cameo, a winkwink hitchcock kind of thing. Oct 02, 2015 internationally acclaimed director jafar panahi this is not a film drives a yellow cab through the vibrant streets of tehran, picking up a diverse and yet representative group of passengers in. Paolo perrone di filmcronache dalla croisette ci parla di 3 faces di jafar panahi, in concorso. There is no evil is the third iranian film to take berlins top prize in the past decade, following jafar panahis taxi in 2015 and asghar farhadis a separation in 2011. Jafar panahi s taxi is not a masterpiece, but it is a highly recommended film that works both in its most reflective aspect and if you only want to have a fun time. This lauded sliceoflife movie stars exiled iranian filmmaker jafar panahi as he poses as a taxi driver in tehran, in this series of portraits of everyday characters hiring his driving services.
Jafar panahis 3 faces expands far beyond its initial mystery. Its his fourth film since receiving a 20year ban from the iranian government. Feb 17, 2015 jafar panahi, the iranian director who won the top golden bear prize at the berlin film festival for taxi, has pleaded with iran to screen it, saying no prize is worth as much as my compatriots. Taxi cant really be out like panahi, or a form of documentary, because it depends on the kind of interior structures he has always favored, in which the imagery of cages and prisons advertises both the political subject matter and the problems of capturing and discussing it. Rent, buy or watch jafar panahis taxi movie now family video. Jafar panahi is banned from making movies by the iranian government, he poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in iran. After several years of making short films and working as an assistant director for fellow iranian filmmaker abbas kiarostami, panahi achieved international recognition with. Jafar panahis taxi is yet another film that writerdirector jafar panahi has been able to make despite having a 20 year ban from making films in iran. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. A section of taxi is devoted to an encounter between two iranian filmmakers. Internationally acclaimed director jafar panahi the circle has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010. Donning a disguise, director jafar panahi goes in front of the lens, masquerading as a tehran taxi driver. Like his last film, taxi tehran, which was confined to a car rigged with tiny digital cameras, the new one hinges on a road trip.
Taxi is about jafar panahi who has gotten a job as a cab driver. Again thumbing his nose at the regime that has banned him, the courageous iranian director makes his latest film in a. Jafar panahi is an iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, commonly associated with. Nr 1h22m iran the film is an act of defiance thats also a sublime piece of cinema. Despite the film s crew attempts to maintain mina mohammad khani in the film, she refuses and drops the film. May 14, 2018 paolo perrone di filmcronache dalla croisette ci parla di 3 faces di jafar panahi, in concorso. Taxi, jafar panahis berlin winner, acquired by kino lorber. Taxi, by dissident iranian director jafar panahi, wins top prize at the berlin film festival, while british stars charlotte rampling and sir tom courtenay win acting honours. Everything you need to know about jafar panahis taxi movie. This is not a film 2011, closed curtain 20, and now jafar panahi s taxi. The award, coming on the eve of voting for the 20 academy awards, confirms amour as a best foreign film frontrunner. On the road in iran and off it, too in this pleasurably intelligent movie, jafar panahi explores the divide between fiction and documentary, past and present.
One of them is jafar panahi, the director of this movie and one of the most internationally celebrated figures in. There is no evil is the third iranian film to take berlin s top prize in the past decade, following jafar panahi s taxi in 2015 and asghar farhadi s a separation in 2011. The man, who turns out to be a thief, avers that execuction will deter criminal behavior. Jafar panahis taxi wins berlins golden bear duration.
Panahis gone in and out of prison at the whim of his government. Jafar panahi s taxi, the iranian director s third feature since being officially banned from filmmaking for 20 years, places him behind the wheel. Panahi picks up his niece hana hana saeidi from school, and she comes with her own canon camera her jerky. Jafar panahi s latest is calm, modest and inscrutable. Jafar panahis niece in taxi, courtesy of tiff although the film is set in a misogynistic culture, panahi fills the film with strong and smart female characters much like sissakos timbuktu. Now hes created his most accessible nonfilm yet, as a smiling, eversunny cabbie in jafar panahis taxi.