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MUN Cinema – No Bears

Wednesday, Feb. 8, 7-9 p.m.

Cineplex Theatre, Avalon Mall

No Bears (Iran 2022) 106 min

Directed by Jafar Panahi

With Naser Hashemi, Reza Heydari, Mina Kavani et al.

Persian with English subtitles

This film could not be more timely. Director Panahi was recently sentenced to six years in jail and so it’s almost a moral obligation to see and uphold this brave film. Playing a guy who goes by his own name, Panahi is a filmmaker forbidden from practicing his art. He is trying to make a film in a small town just over the border in Turkey. This film-within-a-film device is necessary to tell the story of censorship and fear, superstition and oppression. Part scripted film, part documentary treatment of real-life obstacles for art, for young people, for women, and for love, NO BEARS won awards at Cannes and elsewhere. It’s nothing less than a humbling, self-reflective journey into the nature and purpose of art, a reminder of its importance and transformative potential.

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Event Listing 2023-02-08 19:00:00 2023-02-08 21:00:00 America/St_Johns MUN Cinema – No Bears No Bears (Iran 2022) 106 min Directed by Jafar Panahi With Naser Hashemi, Reza Heydari, Mina Kavani et al. Persian with English subtitles This film could not be more timely. Director Panahi was recently sentenced to six years in jail and so it’s almost a moral obligation to see and uphold this brave film. Playing a guy who goes by his own name, Panahi is a filmmaker forbidden from practicing his art. He is trying to make a film in a small town just over the border in Turkey. This film-within-a-film device is necessary to tell the story of censorship and fear, superstition and oppression. Part scripted film, part documentary treatment of real-life obstacles for art, for young people, for women, and for love, NO BEARS won awards at Cannes and elsewhere. It’s nothing less than a humbling, self-reflective journey into the nature and purpose of art, a reminder of its importance and transformative potential. Cineplex Theatre, Avalon Mall MUN Cinema