What's on - THIS IS NOT A FILM season at ACMI through February

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Sharmill Films is proud to announce that the Iranian documentary This is Not a Film will begin a limited season at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) on Tuesday 31 January at 7pm, and will screen every Tuesday at 7pm throughout February.

The ‘day in the life’ documentary by Jafar Panahi under his current house arrest was smuggled out of Iran to France on a USB stick inside a cake where the film was selected for official competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Panahi was also awarded the Carrosse d’Or for courage at Cannes in his absence. This is Not a Film was shot almost entirely inside Panahi’s apartment on digital video and an iPhone.

Jafar Panahi (The Circle, Offside, The Mirror) is currently under house arrest, after a sentence was passed in December 2010 when the Iranian government accused him of opposing the Iranian regime. Panahi has denied the charges and This is Not a Film features him awaiting an appeal on the sentence of a six-year prison term, plus a 20-year ban on filmmaking, talking to the press and travelling abroad. That ruling was upheld by a Tehran appeal court in October 2011 and Panahi is currently in the process of appealing to Iran''s Supreme Court.

The trailer for This is Not a Film can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgZy00svH08

Simple, radical, surprising, moving – New York Times
Poignant and explosive – Variety
As immediate as a heart attack, this 75 minute documentary is a terrifying cry for expression from one of the most daring and political filmmakers alive – San Francisco Bay Guardian

This is Not a Film – screening at Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)
Tue 31 Jan 2012, 7pm
Tue 7 Feb 2012, 7pm
Tue 14 Feb 2012, 7pm
Tue 21 Feb 2012, 7pm
Tue 28 Feb 2012, 7pm
Rated G
Running time: 75 mins