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Sat 22 Nov - Sat 29 Nov 2025
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Following a period of house-arrest, director Jafar Panahi takes to the streets in his Golden Bear-winning film.
Starring as himself, moonlighting as a taxi driver donning a flat cap, director Jafar Panahi takes us on a tour of the bustling Iranian capital city, capturing the spirit and contradictions of Iranian society along the way.
Curator's note
Filmed entirely by cameras covertly mounted on the dashboard, Tehran Taxi pays a doting homage to the 2002 masterpiece Ten by Panahi’s mentor and collaborator Abbas Kiarostami, who rallied to defend Panahi following his arrest. Shot in public despite Panahi’s filmmaking ban, Tehran Taxi marks a significant and audacious step forward for the filmmaker, filled with inherent dangers.
In his post-ban films, there’s a vivid super-narrative of the director pushing the boundaries of his ban and stepping outside of his confines. The titular taxi offers both a break out of the buildings that have confined him in both This is Not a Film and Closed Curtain, while still conveying an unmistakable claustrophobia of being restrained by and filming within such closed quarters.
Reece Goodwin, Curator (Film & TV)
A film of quiet but profound outrage, laughing on the surface, but howling in anger just beneath.
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