When Jafar Panahi attended the Cannes Film Festival with his latest film, It Was Just an Accident, it was the first time the ...

Jafar Panahi did not know whether he would be allowed to leave Iran after a backlash against his Palme d’Or-winning film.

Director Jafar Panahi poses for a portrait photograph for the film 'It Was Just an Accident' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Photo by ...

Panahi received the 2025 Palme d'Or, the highest honour at the Cannes Film Festival. He’s also the focus of the 2025 Sydney ...

Cannes Film Festival, a poignant statement resonated: "Cinema is a mirror by which we often see ourselves." This sentiment ...

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A Simple Accident, directed by Iran’s politically defiant Jafar Panahi, was known only by a code name in Luxembourg funding ...

Truck drivers in Iran have blocked roads and ports as part of their strike protesting low salaries, high insurance rates, and ...

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi backed week-long nationwide strikes by truckers Wednesday as a "loud call" to the authorities, ...

The Iranian director’s Palme d’Or-winning thriller, “It Was Just an Accident,” set the tone for a festival defined by dramas ...

We look at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival award winners that could show up at the Oscars, with 'Sentimental Value' most likely ...

Jafar Panahi has returned to cheers in Tehran as his Palme d'Or victory prompts a diplomatic spat between France and Iran.