Tehran Taxi & The Secret Waterhole (short)

Banned from making movies in his home country, acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi (The White Balloon) responded by mounting cameras within a taxicab and driving around Tehran for a day picking up passengers supposedly at random, though it quickly becomes clear more is afoot in this briskly paced ‘docudrama’ that is both a love-letter to cinema and a revealing look at the country and its people.

Directed by Jafar Panahi.

Stars Jafar Panahi, Hana Saeidi, Nasrin Sotoudeh.

Iran. In Farsi.

Rated M.

Released 2015.

Runtime 83 minutes.

Berlin International Film Festival, won Golden Bear, FIPRESCI Prize.