Tuesday, February 11, 8:30 p.m. | One of the most popular films presented at the Film Center in 2015 (released outside of the Festival of Films from Iran timing, but in the spirit of the festival), TAXI, like Jafar Panahi’s THIS IS NOT A FILM (2011) and NO BEARS (2022), has smacked against but never crumbled under a repressive regime’s efforts of suppression. The resourceful director, still laboring under a 20-year ban on filmmaking, mounted surveillance cameras on the dashboard of a taxi of which he is the driver. Blurring the line between fact and fiction, Panahi picks up a series of passengers, all of whom have a universe of opinions and perspectives on life in Tehran.

Awards & Nominations

Winner - Golden Bear, Berlin Film Festival
Winner - FIPRESCI Prize, Berlin Film Festival

Festival of Films from Iran: For the 36th year of our Festival of Films from Iran, we’re taking the opportunity to look back at some of the highlights of Iranian cinema we’ve presented at the Film Center—during the festival and year round— in the last 36 years. Read more

The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu