Defiant career in shadows for Iranian director Panahi

2015/02/15 22:10:31 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

Iranian dissident director Jafar Panahi & #039;s latest picture defying an official ban, & quot;Taxi & quot;, captured the Golden Bear top prize at the Berlin film festival Saturday, marking a further success from the shadows. The 54-year-old & #039;s work is celebrated in the world & #039;s arthouses but outlawed in Iran where the regime considers his gritty, socially critical productions to be subversive. He was detained for a documentary he tried to make on the unrest following Iran & #039;s disputed 2009 presidential election and officially banned from making more films for 20 years for & quot;acting against national security and propaganda against the regime & quot;.
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