Jafar Panahi

Jafar Panahi

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  Banned Iranian director Rasoulof coming to Cannes

  Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, whose movies are banned in his country and who has been sentenced to jail by the Islamic regime there, is coming ... 

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  Romanian movie 'Child's Pose' wins at Berlin fest

  A Romanian drama that centers on a woman's effort to cover up her son's responsibility for an accident in which a boy is fatally injured won the ... 

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  Berlin festival shows Iranian dissident's new film

  A new movie from dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi, which defies a ban on filmmaking and reflects his frustration at being unable to work ... 

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  Berlin Film Festival opens with 'The Grandmaster'

  Martial arts epic "The Grandmaster" kicked off the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday, introducing an international audience to Yip Man, the man who ... 

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  Berlin film fest mixes US stars, global contenders

  New movies from directors Steven Soderbergh and Gus Van Sant and a trio of films starring French divas will be competing this year at the Berlin ... 

• Movies showing at 2013 Berlin Film Festival

  A list of the movies being shown in the official program at this year's Berlin International Film Festival, which runs Feb. 7-17. In competition: ... 

• Iran criticizes EU award for dissidents

  Iran's official news agency is reporting the country has criticized awards granted to Iranian dissidents by European Parliament, calling them ... 

• Lawmaker: Iran dissident ends her hunger strike

  A lawmaker says a jailed Iranian dissident has ended a hunger strike to protest prison conditions and a ban on visits by her family. Lawmaker Mohammad ... 

• UN rights chief urges Iran to ease up on dissident

  The U.N.'s top human rights official is urging Iran to improve conditions for a jailed human rights activist who has been on hunger strike since ...