Jailed Iranian filmmaker wins Venice special Jury prize

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French Iranian actress Mina Kavani and Iranian actor Reza Heydari pose with the Special Jury Prize they received, on behalf of jailed Iranian director Jafar Panahi, for "Khers Nist" (No Bears) on 10 September, 2022 during the Award Winners Outside Photocall following the closing ceremony of the 79th Venice International Film Festival at Lido di Venezia in Venice, Italy.AFP

Jailed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi received a special Jury prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday for his film-within-a-film in which he plays the protagonist, ‘No Bears’.

Panahi, who won the top prize Golden Lion in Venice in 2000, was jailed in July along with two other filmmakers during the latest crackdown on Iranian civil society.

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Jailed Iranian filmmaker wins Venice special Jury prize