Jamsheed Akrami

Jury president Darren Aronofsky holds the Golden Bear for Best Film for the film "Taxi" by Jafar Panahi as he stands between presenter Anke Engelke and festival director Dieter Kosslick at the awards ceremony of the 65th Berlinale International Film Festi

Banned from filmmaking, this Iranian director ignored his government — and it’s paying off

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In 2010, the Iranian government slapped filmmaker Jafar Panahi with a 20-year ban on filmmaking. But Panahi has defied the ban and made three more movies, one of which won the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival.

Leila Hatami and Peyman Moadi in "A Separation."

How do you tell a story in a film, if your characters can’t touch, kiss or embrace?

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