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Thu 13 Nov 2025
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Join us in the cinema for a FREE screening of two recent short films by Jafar Panahi, who continues to evade his ban on filmmaking.
Life
Dir. Jafar Panahi, Iran, 2021, 19 mins, Courtesy of The Match Factory
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Jafar Panahi receives a knock on the door from a person in a hazmat suit. To his relief, it is his elderly mother cautiously visiting him.
Hidden
Dir. Jafar Panahi, Iran, 2020, 18 mins, Courtesy of mk2
Jafar Panahi sets out on a road trip to find a woman with a beautiful singing voice who has been forbidden from singing.
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