June 08, 2012 06:00pm-09:30pm
Doris Duke Theatre
Friends of FIlm Friday event information
Directed by Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Iran, 2011, 75 mins. Persian with English subtitles. Hawai‘i premiere
Shot partially on an iPhone and smuggled into France for a last-minute submission to Cannes, this powerful documentary captures Iranian director Jafar Panahi while under house arrest in his Tehran apartment appealing his sentence—six years in prison and a 20-year ban from filmmaking. Official Selection: Cannes, Toronto International Film Festival. Special thanks to FFF sponsor Louis Vuitton, hotel sponsors Aqua Hotels and Resorts, and Bruno de Paris Salon.
Special guest speaker: Jeannette Paulson Hereniko, founder and President of Asia Pacific Films
