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Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Barred from Karlovy Vary Film Festival Due to Travel Ban

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Georg Szalai

8d ago· 3 min readenNews

Summary

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival hoped to welcome Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi to its 60th edition, but an Iranian court upheld a one-year prison sentence and two-year travel ban against him for "propaganda against the regime." Panahi, an Oscar nominee and Cannes Palme d'Or 2025 winner, was also involved in producing and editing Nader Saeivar's competition title 'Hijamat.' KVIFF artistic director Karel Och expressed disappointment over the travel ban preventing Panahi's attendance.

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Twitter / XIranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Barred from Karlovy Vary Film Festival Due to Travel Banhollywoodreporter.com

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Given his crucial involvement in Nader Saeivar's competition title 'Hijamat,' which he produced and edited, we wanted him to come
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Given "his crucial involvement" in Nader Saeivar's competition title 'Hijamat,' which he produced and edited, "we wanted him to come," says Karel Och, the artistic director of the Czech film festival.

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