Manuscripts Don't Burn

This article is about the 2013 film. For the phrase from Russian literature, see The Master and Margarita.

Manuscripts Don't Burn
Directed byMohammad Rasoulof
Written byMohammad Rasoulof
Release date
  • 24 May 2013 (2013-05-24) (Cannes)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

Manuscripts Don't Burn (Persian: دست‌نوشته‌ها نمی‌سوزند, translit. Dast-Neveshtehaa Nemisoozand) is a 2013 Iranian drama film written and directed by Mohammad Rasoulof, about a failed attempt to kill a busload of Iranian writers in 1996. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival,[1] where it won the FIPRESCI Prize.[2] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[3][4]

  1. ^ "2013 Official Selection". Cannes. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Cannes: 'The Missing Picture' Wins Un Certain Regard Prize". Hollywood Reporter. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Manuscripts Don't Burn". TIFF. Archived from the original on 30 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Toronto Adds 75+ Titles To 2013 Edition". Indiewire. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.