Jafar Panahi

The famous Iranian actress Behnaz Jafari receives a disturbing video in which a young girl from a small country village reports her desperation at the fact that her conservative family will not allow her to go to a university. To find out if the video is auhentic, Jafari and her friend, director Jafar Panahi, set off to the girl's village in the remote mountains of northwestern Iran. Here, they encounter a tight-knit community that is characterised both by a generous hospitality and a strict adherence to a traditional way of life.

A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive…