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The debut film by Panah Panahi – son of acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who was sentenced to six years in prison by the country’s oppressive regime this year – is an equally heartbreaking and heartwarming family drama.
Following our summer recommendations of best queer reads and the podcasts you shouldn’t miss out on, here are the films already released this year that prove 2022 is already a great year for cinema.
Panah Panahi’s debut feature – which has been insensitively described as an “Iranian Little Miss Sunshine” – is a road-trip comedy with very high stakes
Panah Panahi juggles joy, heartbreak and surreal humour in a road movie his imprisoned father would be proud of
Panah Panahi’s accomplished, witty and humane debut is a road movie that speaks beyond his native Iran. Film review by David Thompson