Event Categories: Films and Politics & Activism
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Screenings at NYCL of documentary-fiction hybrids that trouble the line between narrative and reality.
On December 20, 2010, internationally renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi (The White Balloon, The Circle, Crimson Gold, Offside) was convicted of “assembly and colluding with the intention to commit crimes against the country’s national security and propaganda against the Islamic Republic.” Sentenced to six years under house arrest and a 20-year ban on filmmaking or giving any form of interview, Panahi responded with this purported non-film, made entirely within the confines of his Tehran apartment. Analyzing scenes from his previous films on DVD, blocking out scenes that he will not be allowed to film on the floor of his living room, and spending downtime with his daughter’s pet iguana, Panahi and his co-director Mojtaba Mirtahmasb (who was himself arrested in 2011) offer a master class in filmmaking, a philosophical reflection on the making of art, and-in the film’s gradual accruing of narrative layers and intra-cinematic references-a remarkable artwork as well. Fascinating, moving and masterful, This is Not a Film is one of the best (and bravest) films of the last decade. (TIFF website)
North York Central Library- Room 1
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Name of Venue or Place: Scotiabank Theatre TorontoAddress: 506 Bloor St W Toronto Ontario M5S 1Y3April 30, 2024, 8:00 pm-10:00 pmRahmaneh Rabani is a 37-year-old Iranian woman, born and raised in an observant Muslim household. After the death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iranian authorities in the autumn Read more...
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Name of Venue or Place: Scotiabank Theatre TorontoAddress: Bloor St W Toronto Ontario M6GApril 29, 2024, 8:15 pm-10:45 pmJournalist Ruhollah Zam, like many of his Iranian colleagues, reports on the Islamic regime from abroad. Relying on tips from anonymous, unreliable and potentially compromised sources, he risks life and Read more...