This Is Not a Film
“If we could tell a film, then why make a film?”
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.
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Jafar Panahi Director · Mojtaba Mirtahmasb Director
Worldwide gross $70K · United States release February 29, 2012 · Produced in Iran
Box office
Worldwide gross
$69,659
Production
Jafar Panahi Productions
Production
Jafar Panahi Film Productions
Production
Iran
Produced in
Languages
Original title
این فیلم نیست
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
Persian
Release dates
France · May 20, 2011
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · February 29, 2012
Theatrical
United States
October 13, 2011 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
Australia
November 9, 2011 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 1, 2011 · Theatrical
Denmark
December 5, 2013 · Theatrical
France
September 27, 2011 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 14, 2012 · Theatrical
Ireland
March 29, 2012 · Theatrical
Japan
September 21, 2012 · Theatrical
Mexico
October 18, 2012 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 2, 2011 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 9, 2011 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
Spain
April 20, 2012 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 4, 2011 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 29, 2012 · Theatrical
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