Panahi's 'Not a Film' sells U.S., U.K. rights

"This Is not a movieInchPalisades Tartan has clicked on up U.S. and U.K. rights to "This Is not a film,'' the clandestine picture about Iranian director Jafar Panahi, from Wide Management.Deal was introduced Wednesday, each week after Iranian government physiques banned documentary filmmaker Mojtaba Mirtahmasb -- who co-helmed "This Is not a movieInch with Jafar Panahi -- from traveling outdoors the country. The goal of the trip wound up being to advertise french theatrical relieve "This Is not a movieInch before flying to the Toronto Film Festival to visit the Canadian premiere."This film is of indisputable importance today, especially one of the present Middle Eastern unrest," mentioned Palisades leader-Boss Soumya Sriraman on Wednesday. Mirtahmasb was allowed to visit the Cannes Film Festival in May for your world preem of "Not just a Film," which was shot almost entirely in Panahi's apartment on video plus an apple apple iphone only for $4,500. Devoted to all or any Iranian filmmakers, it absolutely was smuggled to France about the USB thumb drive hidden within the cake. Panahi freely supported the opposition party in Iran's 2009 election, creating a six-year prison sentence together with a 20-year stop from filmmaking and carrying out interviews with foreign press. Panahi, whose work includes "Offside" and "The Circle," is presently under house arrest. "This Is not a Film'' is put together by and stars Panahi. It examined in Toronto on Thursday and Friday, the initial a couple of days in the fest. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com