Hidden

Jafar Panahi / France / 2020 / Czech Premiere / 18 min.

synopsis

Like his previous films, Jafar Panahi shot Hidden under guerrilla conditions due to a government ban: just three people, two phones and one car. In it, the Iranian director, his daughter, and a theatre producer friend head to a remote Kurdish village where a talented singer is said to live. Panahi would like to record the young woman's singing for audition purposes, but her family doesn't want her to perform in public. This tribute to the female voice, stronger than tradition and religious prejudice, was originally written for the Paris Opera and was also included as part of the feature-length short story film Celles qui Chantent.

biography

Jafar Panahi (1960) has already won a prize at Cannes for his feature debut The White Balloon (1995). His later films critically examining the restrictive conditions in today's Iran received awards in Berlin, Venice, and San Sebastian. In 2010, he was banned from filming and forbidden from leaving the country for 20 years for anti-government activities.