This marks the 64-year-old’s first in-person attendance at SGIFF since the lifting of his 14-year travel ban.
SINGAPORE – Celebrated Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi will receive the Cinema Honorary Award at the 35th Singapore International Film Festival , which runs from Nov 28 to Dec 8.
He has gained international acclaim for his films that offer critiques of Iranian society. Despite facing censorship, arrests and a ban on film-making in his home country, he has continued to create works that have won awards at film festivals worldwide. The Cinema Honorary Award, introduced in 2014, previously recognised visionary film-makers such as Hong Kong’s Fruit Chan, Indonesia’s Garin Nugroho, Cambodia’s Rithy Panh and Japan’s Takashi Miike.
The festival will open on Nov 28 with Stranger Eyes, a psychological thriller by Singaporean film-maker Yeo Siew Hua that was the first entry from the Republic to premiere in the main competition at the Venice Film Festival. Stranger Eyes explores themes of surveillance and societal anxieties through the story of a couple grappling with their child’s disappearance.Another Singaporean film-maker, Eric Khoo, will see his latest work Spirit World open the festival’s Horizon section.
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