Iranian filmmaker Jailed and banned from making films for 20 years –

Acclaimed Iranian writer and director Jafar Panahi was sentenced to six years in prison today in Iran and banned from making any films for 20 years, including writing scripts, travelling abroad, and giving media interviews. an outspoken supporter of Iran’s opposition green movement, Panahi was convicted of gathering items and planning propaganda against the regime,” Farideh Gheyrat (attorney) told Iranian news agency, Isna.

Panahi won the Camera d’Or award at the Cannes film festival in 1995 for “The White Baloon” and won the Golden Lion prize at Venice for his 2000 drama “The Circle.”