--- title: "3 Jafar Panahi Quotes - Famous Film director (Āfsāīd)" description: "Jafar Panâhi is an Iranian filmmaker and actor. He is known internationally for his artistic contributions to post-1979 Revolution Iranian cinema, and h..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jafar-panahi-45884.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jafar Panahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jafar-panahi-45884.jpg) # Jafar Panahi (1960) Film Director Iran **3** quotes in **21** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jafar Panahi is a film director from Iran, best known for *Āfsāīd*. ## Quick Facts About Jafar Panahi Born July 11, 1960 Nationality Iran Profession Film Director Notable works Āfsāīd Known for This Is Not a Film, The Circle, The White Balloon, Taxi, It Was Just an Accident ## About Jafar Panahi Jafar Panâhi is an Iranian filmmaker and actor. He is known internationally for his artistic contributions to post-1979 Revolution Iranian cinema, and he has been associated with the Iranian New Wave. His work, rooted in neorealism and centered on the lives of women, children, and the marginalized, constitutes a critical portrait of the social, political, and gendered structures of contemporary Iran. ## Awards & Honors Sakharov Prize Golden Bear Palme d'Or Golden Lion Silver Bear Carrosse d'or Caméra d'Or Best Screenplay Award Show 8 more awards Un Certain Regard Preis für die Freiheit und Zukunft der Medien Golden Leopard Silver Bear for Best Screenplay Asia Pacific Screen Award for Achievement in Directing Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Director honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Original Screenplay ## Quotes by Jafar Panahi > [If we could tell a film, then why make a film?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jafar-panahi/if-we-could-tell-a-film-then-why-make-a-film/) Jafar Panahi [Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13f/jafar-panahi-78486_cinema_if-we-could-tell-a-film-then-why-make-a_202452.png) > [You mustn't look at a film with only one point of view.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jafar-panahi/you-mustn-t-look-at-a-film-with-only-one-point-of-view/) Jafar Panahi [Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/jafar-panahi-78486_cinema_you-mustn-t-look-at-a-film-with-only-one_1066207.png) > [When a filmmaker does not make films, it is as if he is jailed. Even when he is freed from the small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jafar-panahi/when-a-filmmaker-does-not-make-films-it-is-as-if-he-is-jailed-even/) Jafar Panahi [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1e/jafar-panahi-78486_banned_when-a-filmmaker-does-not-make-films-it_2717620.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jafar-panahi/#itemlist", "name": "Jafar Panahi Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If we could tell a film, then why make a film?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jafar Panahi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jafar-panahi/if-we-could-tell-a-film-then-why-make-a-film/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13f/jafar-panahi-78486_cinema_if-we-could-tell-a-film-then-why-make-a_202452.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13f/jafar-panahi-78486_cinema_if-we-could-tell-a-film-then-why-make-a_202452.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13f/jafar-panahi-78486_cinema_if-we-could-tell-a-film-then-why-make-a_202452.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If we could tell a film, then why make a film?” — Jafar Panahi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You mustn't look at a film with only one point of view.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jafar Panahi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jafar-panahi/you-mustn-t-look-at-a-film-with-only-one-point-of-view/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/jafar-panahi-78486_cinema_you-mustn-t-look-at-a-film-with-only-one_1066207.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/jafar-panahi-78486_cinema_you-mustn-t-look-at-a-film-with-only-one_1066207.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/jafar-panahi-78486_cinema_you-mustn-t-look-at-a-film-with-only-one_1066207.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You mustn't look at a film with only one point of view.” — Jafar Panahi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When a filmmaker does not make films, it is as if he is jailed. 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