Film

This Is Not a Film

2011 · 1h 18m · Documentary

If we could tell a film, then why make a film?

IMDb

7.4

Rotten Tomatoes

97%

Metacritic

90

Renowned Iranian director Jafar Panahi received a 6-year prison sentence and a 20-year ban from filmmaking and conducting interviews with foreign press due to his open support for the opposition party in Iran's 2009 election. In this film, which was shot secretly by Panahi's close friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and smuggled into France on a USB stick concealed inside a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, Panahi documents his daily life under house arrest as he awaits a decision on his appeal.

Jafar Panahi

Self

Igi

Pet lizard

Mrs. Gheirat

Self (voice)

Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

Self

Rakhsan

Self (voice)

Sima

Self (voice)

Micky

Self

Hasan

Self

• Jafar PanahiDirector · Writer · Director of Photography · Producer · Editor
• Mojtaba MirtahmasbDirector · Director of Photography

This is Not a Film trailer

Release date

September 27, 2011

Status

Released

Original language

Persian

Runtime

1h 18m

Revenue

$69,659

Genres

Documentary

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