One of the most acclaimed films of the year is landing in U.S. theaters while its dissident director, Jafar Panahi, is imprisoned in Iran. The film is raising questions about the Academy Awards' policy for best international film nominees.
After Iranian authorities declined to authorize it, director Ali Abbasi shot the film, based on real-life serial killings, in Jordan.“No Bears” opens in New York on Dec. 23 and Los Angeles on Jan. 10 before rolling out nationally.
“It’s not easy to make a movie to begin with, but to make it secretly is very difficult, especially in Iran where a totalitarian government with such tight control over the country and spies everywhere,” says Iranian film scholar and documentarian Jamsheed Akrami-Ghorveh. “It’s really a triumph. I can’t compare him with any other filmmaker.”In one of the film’s most moving scenes, Panahi stands along the border at night.
Kavani herself has been living in exile for the last seven years. She starred in Sepideh Farsi’s 2014 romance “Red Rose.” When nudity in the film led to media harassment, Kavani chose to live in Paris. Kavani was struck by the profound irony of Panahi directing her by video chat from over the border.
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