The Witness (2024 film)

The Witness (originally titled Shahed) is a 2024 Austrian-German crime-drama film co-written and directed by Nader Saeivar. It is the first film project of Jafar Panahi, here serving as screenwriter, editor and artistic consultant, following his 2022 incarceration.^[1][2]

The Witness
Directed by	Nader Saeivar [fr]
Written by	Jafar Panahi Nader Saeivar
Produced by	Said Nur Akkuş Silvana Santamaria Arash T. Riahi Sabine Gruber
Starring	Maryam Bobani
Cinematography	Rozbeh Raeigha
Edited by	Jafar Panahi
Music by	Karwan Marouf
Release date	September 5, 2024 (2024-09-05) (Venice)
Countries	Austria Germany
Language	Persian

The film, inspired by the Woman, Life, Freedom movement,^[3] premiered at the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival in the Horizons Extra sidebar, where it won the Audience Award.^[4][5]

Plot

Cast

• Maryam Bobani
• Nader Naderpour
• Hana Kamkar
• Abbas Imani