This Iranian director made a film in secret. Now he's facing prison.

"It Was Just an Accident" is an Iranian movie confronting tyranny and corruption. Now, director Jafar Panahi is facing ...

Jafar Panahi Talks Iran Protests, Possible Return to Prison: “I’ll Come Out With a New Script”

At two THR-hosted panels at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, international Oscar contenders discussed repression ...
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Wasteman Is Not The ‘Hollywood Version’ Of A Prison Movie: ‘This Is About Real People’

You get Wasteman – a gritty new prison drama, which stars David Jonsson (of Rye Lane, Alien: Romulus, and The Long Walk) and ...
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Iranian film director Jafar Panahi plans to return home despite a new prison sentence against him

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Acclaimed Iranian film director Jafar Panahi said on Thursday he plans to return home after touring with his new film, “It Was Just an Accident,” and that he has never ...
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Nation's first film festival behind prison bars lights up San Quentin's silver screen

It’s a sight you normally don’t see in a prison — inmates and visitors walking a red carpet, happily posing for photos that aren’t mug shots. That was the scene last week at Marin County’s San Quentin ...
Variety

Anurag Kashyap’s Toronto Prison Drama ‘Monkey in a Cage’ Tackles #MeToo Fallout: Bobby Deol ‘Totally Put His Whole Vulnerable Self Out There’

Director Anurag Kashyap‘s “Monkey in a Cage” (titled “Bandar” in Hindi) makes its world premiere in the Toronto Film Festival’s Special Presentations program, marking another bold entry from the ...
Digital Journal

Prison film fest brings Hollywood and healing to US jailhouse

Inmates and guests watch a screening during the San Quentin Film Festival at the infamous California prison - Copyright POOL/AFP/File Eliot BLONDET Inmates and guests ...