This Is Not a Film is an Iranian documentary film by Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb. The film was smuggled from Iran to Cannes in a Flash-Drive hidden inside a birthday cake. It was specially screened at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. It also took part in the International Competition of the 27.

The film, while an effort by the artist to document his personal struggle is also a powerful political statement. While the film’s courageous gesture is legendary, it also opens up a myriad of discourse on what makes cinema, consequently, art.

This Is Not a Film will be screened at the Active Vista Film Festival opening tomorrow at Robinsons Galleria.