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Update: The Cannes Film Festival, which awarded Jafar Panahi the Best Screenplay Award in 2018 and invited him to the jury in 2010, called for the prompt release of filmmakers Panahi, Mohammad Rasoulof and Mostafa Al-Ahmad:
“The Cannes Film Festival strongly condemns those arrests, as well as the wave of repression that is obviously taking place in Iran against its artists. The Festival enlists the help of Mohammad Rasoulof, Mostafa Aleahmad and Jafar Panahi.
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“The Cannes Film Festival also wishes to reaffirm its help for all those suffering violence and repression around the world. The Festival remains and will continue to be a safe haven for artists from all over the world and will be tirelessly at your service to bring your voice loud and clear, in defense of freedom of creation and freedom of expression.
Earlier: Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was detained amid several recent arrests of activist artists and filmmakers in Iran, according to news firm Mehr (via AFP). Reports imply that the filmmaker “Taxi” and “This is not a movie. “”, winner of the Golden Bear, visited Evin prison, located in the capital, Tehran, on July 11. Panahi went to the prosecutor’s office to protest or inquire about the July 8 arrests of Iranian filmmakers Mohammad Rasoulof and Mostafa Al-Ahmad. Subsequently, Panahi was arrested.
“Jafar Panahi arrested today [Monday] after he went to the prosecutor’s workplace to stick to the stage of another filmmaker, Mohammad Rasoulof,” AFP said in a statement.
This is the latest arrest after the expired detention last week of “No Harm” director Rasoulof and fellow filmmaker Mostafa Al-Ahmad. protest against the collapse of a building that killed 41 others in Abadan on 23 May.
Panahi has faced repeated legal turmoil in his career and has lately been banned from going out or making films outside of Iran. Rasoulof also can’t make films outside of his home country. Panahi and Rasoulof were arrested together in 2011 for filming without permission. They were sentenced to six years in criminal matters, although Rasoulof’s criminal sentence has been reduced and Panahi remains under space arrest. Panahi has had legal disorders with his country since 2001.
Still, Panahi has a new feature film in the works, titled “No Bears,” which will premiere on the fall festival circuit. This will be his first fiction feature film since “3 Faces” earned him the Best Screenplay award in 2018. in Cannes, which he was not allowed to attend due to his ban. Most recently, Panahi contributed a short film to the covid-19 general assignment “The Year of the Eternal Storm. “
Last week, Kaveh Farnam and Farzad Pak, two of Mohammad Rasoulof’s Iranian producers, issued a statement through distributor Kino Lorber condemning the July 8 arrests and revealing that Rasoulof and Al-Ahmad are being held lately at an unknown location.
“On Friday, July 8, Mohammad Rasoulof and Mostafa Al-Ahmad, respectable and committed Iranian filmmakers, were arrested at their home in a coordinated and brutal attack under false pretexts and transferred to an unknown location,” he said. To strongly condemn the government for its disregard for basic human rights and civil liberties and the continued repression and tension of committed and independent Iranian filmmakers, we call for the immediate and unconditional release of our colleagues. We ask for the help of artists and filmmakers from all over the world. the World Cup for the release of imprisoned artists.
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