No Bears is the outstanding new film from acclaimed Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi. In the film, Panahi plays himself, a filmmaker trying to direct a cast and crew in Turkey, who is forced to remain in an Iranian village close to the border. As his actors perform their own story of attempted escape to Europe, Panahi finds himself coming up against suspicion and local traditions in the village where he is staying. Panahi’s latest film is a testimony to how artistry and protest can find inspiration in the very restrictions that he and other creative voices face.
No Bears at GFT

11 – 17 November, 2022
Among the world’s great filmmakers refusing to be silenced.
The Hollywood Reporter
A powerful statement of tenacity and defiance.
Screen Daily
Box Office 0141 332 6535
Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB
This section: Cinema
Filed under: Cinema
Related Pages
- Gentle, Angy Women at GFT
- The Lost Bus at GFT
- Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2025
- Take 2: Fantastic Mr Fox at GFT
- Brides at GFT
- The House of Mirth at GFT
- Reality Is Not Enough at GFT
- One Battle After Another
- October 2025 Programme at GFT
- Document Human Rights Film Festival, Glasgow
- Ocean with David Attenborough: Community Screening & Q&A at GFT
- Woodlands Community – Anti Racist Film Club
- Scotland Loves Anime 2025
- Samizdat: Eastern European Film Festival
- There Will Be Blood at GFT
- Can I Get A Witnss at GFT
- Islands at GFT
- Happyend at GFT
- Steve at GFT
- The Sound of Music – 60th Anniversary