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CRIMSON GOLD
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A stunning collaboration between directors Jafar Panahi and Abbas Kiarostami     (who wrote the screenplay) that was banned in its native Iran, Crimson        Gold is a powerful indictment of a repressive society masked within the       story of a pizza delivery man pushed over the edge. Told in a flashback, the   film navigates the polarized streets of Tehran and reveals the class           inequalities, corruption and suffering that eventually lead to the demise of   Hussein (Hussein Emadeddin, a diagnosed schizophrenic and real-life pizza        delivery man). "A stark, minimalist near-masterpiece" (Michael Wilmington,     Chicago Tribune). In Farsi with English subtitles.                       Jafar Panahi---Iran---2003---95 mins.
MIRROR (PANAHI)
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A young girl becomes lost in the hustle and bustle of Tehran, but the spirit     of childhood takes over as guide when the charming little actress playing the    girl decides she has had enough of the role. The director of The White        Balloon shows how reality and fantasy merge in the playful mind of a child  and through the illusion of cinema. "Dazzling...An ingenious piece of          cinematic gamesmanship...as daringly original as any film this year" (Andrew   Johnston, Time Out New York). Winner, Best Foreign Language Film, New      York Film Critics Circle Awards. In Farsi with English subtitles.              Jafar Panahi---Iran---1997---95 mins.
OFFSIDE
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A provocative and ultimately triumphant film from Jafar Panahi that deals with a group of Iranian women disguised as boys who attempt to sneak into a soccer match at a Tehran stadium, where they are forbidden by law. When they're discovered by police, Offside has the potential to devolve into harsh reprisals, but instead focuses on the absurd and comical interplay between the frustrated girls and their jailers, who have no choice but to watch over and argue with the women over an arbitrary law while a roaring championship game goes on not 100 feet away. Panahi was officially banned from filming this tale, but his sly, covert production succeeds where his characters failed. "A  wonderfully funny, outspoken shaggy-dog story" (Entertainment Weekly).   In Persian with English subtitles.                                               Jafar Panahi---Iran---2006---93 mins.