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The Circle (2000)

Name: The Circle
Director: Jafar Panahi
Genre: drama film
Rating: 7.4

The Circle is a 2000 Iranian drama film produced and directed by Jafar Panahi that criticizes the treatment of women in Iran. The film has won several awards, including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2000, but it is banned in Iran.

Directed by Jafar Panahi · Shot by Bahram Badakhshani · Cut by Jafar Panahi

Behind the scenes

The Circle: Behind the Scenes Movie Broll - Emma Watson, John Boyega, Tom Hanks | ScreenSlam — ScreenSlam · 3 min
The Circle S3 Reunion | Extra Circle Ep3 | Netflix — Still Watching Netflix · 14 min
The Circle: Tom Hanks "Bailey" Behind the Scenes Movie Interview | ScreenSlam — ScreenSlam · 5 min
Go Inside The Circle Apartment Complex with Michelle Buteau | Netflix — Netflix · 3 min
The Circle Season 2 | Where Are They Now? | Netflix — Netflix · 12 min

Elsewhere

The Circle on Wikipedia
All Jafar Panahi films

More by Jafar Panahi

The White Balloon — 1994
The Mirror — 1997
Crimson Gold — 2003
Offside — 2006
Persian Carpet — 2006
This Is Not a Film — 2011
Closed Curtain — 2013
Taxi — 2015
Three Faces — 2018
The Year of the Everlasting Storm — 2021
No Bears — 2022
It Was Just an Accident — 2025

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