Taxi (2015 film)

Taxi
Official poster for Taxi
Directed byJafar Panahi
Written byJafar Panahi
Story byJafar Panahi
Produced byJafar Panahi
StarringJafar Panahi
Hana Saeidi
CinematographyJafar Panahi
Edited byJafar Panahi
Music byMossoumeh Lahidji
Production
company
Release date
  • 6 February 2015 (2015-02-06) (Berlin)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian
Box office$11,234,947[1]

Taxi (full title Jafar Panahi's Taxi; Persian: تاکسی), also known as Taxi Tehran, is a 2015 Iranian docufiction starring and directed by Jafar Panahi. The film premiered in competition at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival,[2] where it won the Golden Bear[3] and the FIPRESCI Prize.[4] In 2010, Panahi was banned from making films and travelling for 20 years, so his niece Hana Saeidi, who also appears in the film, collected the award on his behalf.[5]

  1. ^ "Taxi (2015)". The Numbers. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Jafar Panahi's New Film in Competition. Sebastian Schipper, Werner Herzog, Benoit Jacquot and Further Titles Added to the Selection". Berlinale. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Prizes of the International Jury". Berlinale. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  4. ^ "BERLIN 2015: Jafar Panahi ganó el FIPRESCI con Taxi". fancinema. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Berlin Film Festival: Panahi's Taxi wins Golden Bear". BBC News. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.