Closed Curtain

Closed Curtain
پرده
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJafar Panahi
Kambuzia Partovi
Written byJafar Panahi
Produced byJafar Panahi
Hadi Saeedi
StarringKambuzia Partovi
Maryam Moghaddam
Jafar Panahi
CinematographyMohamad Reza Jahanpanah
Edited byJafar Panahi
Production
company
Jafar Panahi Film Productions
Release date
  • February 12, 2013 (2013-02-12) (Berlinale)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian
Box office$27,091[1]

Closed Curtain (Persian: پرده, Pardeh) is a 2013 Iranian docufiction film by Jafar Panahi and Kambuzia Partovi. It premiered at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival[2][3][4] on February 12, 2013[5] where Panahi won the Silver Bear for Best Script.[6] It was shot secretly at Panahi's own beachfront villa on the Caspian Sea. Panahi stated that he began shooting the film in a state of melancholy but managed to recover by the film's completion. Closed Curtain is Panahi's second film since his 20-year ban on filmmaking after 2011's This Is Not a Film.

The film was selected as the closing film of the 2013 Hong Kong International Film Festival.[7]

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  2. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Banned From Filmmaking, Jafar Panahi Has Made Another Movie, Says Abbas Kiarostami". indiewire.com. October 12, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
  3. ^ "Berlin Festival Adds Jafar Panahi's 'Closed Curtain', Steven Soderbergh's 'Side Effects'". deadline.com. January 11, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
  4. ^ "BERLIN 2013: Steven Soderbergh's 'Side Effects,' Shia LaBeouf Action Comedy in Competition". The Hollywood Reporter. January 11, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
  5. ^ "Pardé". berlinale.de. February 7, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  6. ^ "Prizes of the International Jury". berlinale. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
  7. ^ "HKIFF Review: Closed Curtain". HK Neo Reviews. Retrieved April 18, 2013.