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Jafar Panahi

Directing

Born July 11, 1960 · Mianeh, Iran

Also known as Jafaras Panahi · ジャファール・パナヒ

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Biography

Jafar Panâhi is an Iranian filmmaker and actor. He is known internationally for his artistic contributions to post-1979 Revolution Iranian cinema, and he has been associated with the Iranian New Wave. His work, rooted in neorealism and centered on the lives of women, children, and the marginalized, constitutes a critical portrait of the social, political, and gendered structures of contemporary Iran.

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Awards & recognition

  • Asia Pacific Screen Award — Achievement in Directing · 2025
  • Gotham Independent Film Award — Best Director · 2025
  • Gotham Independent Film Award — Best Original Screenplay · 2025
  • Palme d'Or · 2025
  • Best Screenplay Award · 2018
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  • Golden Bear · 2015
  • Preis für die Freiheit und Zukunft der Medien · 2015
  • honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg · 2013
  • Silver Bear — Best Screenplay · 2013
  • Sakharov Prize · 2012
  • Carrosse d'or · 2011
  • Silver Bear · 2006
  • Un Certain Regard · 2003
  • Golden Lion · 2000
  • Golden Leopard · 1997
  • Caméra d'Or · 1995
  • Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · nominated

Filmography18 titles

Nasrin

2020as Self

The White Balloon

1995Director, Editor, Production Design, Story

Through the Olive Trees

1994as Self

The White Meadows

2009Editor

The Mirror

1997Director, Editor, Producer, Writer

The Witness

2024Editor, Writer

It Was Just an Accident

2025Casting, Director, Producer, Screenplay

Taxi

2015as Self

Offside

2006Director, Editor, Producer, Writer

No Bears

2022as Jafar Panahi

This Is Not a Film

2011as Self

Crimson Gold

2003Director, Editor, Producer

Hit the Road

2021Producer

3 Faces

2018as Jafar Panahi

The Year of the Everlasting Storm

2021Director, Director of Photography, Executive Producer, Writer

The Daily Show

1996as Self - Guest

Border Café

2005Editor

And, Towards Happy Alleys

2023as Self