The winner of the Golden Lion at the 2000 Venice Film Festival, this seminal film from director Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident) interweaves the stories of several Iranian women who, over the course of a single day, confront legal and societal restrictions that dictate nearly every aspect of their lives. With its fluid structure and urgent sense of realism, The Circle exposes the systemic barriers facing women in Iran, creating a tense, compassionate portrait of lives lived under constant surveillance and constraint.

In celebration of the JBFC’s 25th Anniversary, these screenings will feature our original 2001 pricing.