Panahi and fellow filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof were sentenced to six years on charages of propaganda against the regime.
Panahi, who has been banned from directing for 20 years, shot the film with the help of Mojtaba Mirtahmasb. The documentary depicts a day in Panahi's life who is under house arrest.
The movie was smuggled out of the country by hiding the USB drive inside a cake.
The festival will also have the Indian premiere of Rituparno Ghosh's