No Bears (2022)

Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been barred from leaving the country, arrives at a village on the Iran-Turkey border to supervise a film based on a real-life couple seeking passports to Europe being shot in Turkey, but both his stay and the production run into trouble.

Released Oct. 6, 2022 107 min 13+

Genres: Drama, Romance

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