Banned Iranian director Jafar Panahi wins Berlin Festival's top award — haaretz.com

DPA - Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the Berlin Film Festival's top prize on Saturday for his movie Taxi after defying a ban on filmmaking in his native country to make and smuggle the film to the Berlinale. But Panahi was not on hand in Berlin to receive the Berlinale's Golden Bear for best motion picture. Along with a 20-year-ban on filmmaking, the 54-old director is not allowed to leave Iran.

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