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Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi speaks at Golden Apricot film festival in Yerevan

In a rare public appearance, renowned Iranian filmmaker and screenwriter Jafar Panahi sits down with Russian film critic Anton Dolin and attendees at this year’s Golden Apricot International Film Festival in Yerevan, Armenia. Panahi fields audience questions on the art of filmmaking amid state censorship and his experience in prison in Iran. Panahi was recognized as a guest of honor at this year’s Golden Apricot, marking his first festival visit after 14 years of imprisonment and house arrest in Iran.

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