'' Closed Curtain '' ( ) is a 2013 Iranian docufiction film by Jafar Panahi and Kambuzia Partovi . It premiered at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival on February 12 , 2013 where Panahi won the Silver Bear for Best Script . It was shot secretly at Panahi 's own beachfront villa on the Caspian Sea . Panahi stated that he began shooting the film in a state of melancholy but managed to recover by the film 's completion . '' Closed Curtain '' is Panahi 's second film since his 20-year ban on filmmaking after 2011 's '' This Is Not a Film ''
63rd Berlin International Film Festival
63rd Berlin International Film Festival
Closed Curtain