In October 2012 Kiarostami told a journalist that Panahi had completed a new film that he predicted would be screened in film festivals . In January 2013 the Berlin Film Festival announced that it would premiere '' Closed Curtain '' ( '' Pardeh '' ) at its 2013 festival . This film was co-directed by Panahi and Kambozia Partovi , who both appear in it along with cast members Maryam Moqadam and Hadi Saeedi . Berlin Film Festival director Dieter Kosslick is a longtime supporter of Panahi and said that he " asked the Iranian government , the president and the culture minister , to allow Jafar Panahi to attend the world premiere of his film at the Berlinale . " In the film Partovi and Moqadam star as two people wanted by the police who hide out in a house on the Caspian Sea and always keep the curtains closed to avoid detection . The film was shown in competition at the 63rd Berlinale in February 2013 . Panahi won the Silver Bear for Best Script
2013 festival
63rd Berlin International Film Festival
Jafar Panahi