Sad news out of Iran: Jafar Panahi, who won the Camera d’Or at the Cannes film festival in 1995 for his debut feature, The White Balloon and has since made critically acclaimed films including The Circle , Crimson Gold and Offside , was sentenced to six years in prison by the Iranian government for joining in mourning the deaths of protesters during the 2009 presidential election. Additionally, for the next 20 years, he is not allowed to leave the country, give interviews, write scripts, make movies or find any other loopholes you might be able to think of to create art.
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Cannes Winner Jailed in Iran, Banned from Making Films for 20 Years
