Jafar Panahi not in Cannes for This Is Not a Film premiere
Banned Iranian director who received prison sentence for criticising regime stars in movie smuggled out of Iran/ Most prints for films premiering at Cannes are delivered to the Croisette by private helicopter, or clutched in the sweaty paws of their devoted directors. 's new film, This Is Not a Film, was smuggled into the country on a USB stick buried inside a cake posted from Panahi, the virtuoso neo-realist who won a prize at Cannes for his debut, The White Balloon, in 1995, and, at 50, now has one of the most sagging mantlepieces in ...
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