Dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi has returned to Tehran cheered by supporters after scooping the Cannes Palme d’Or for his new film “It Was Just an Accident” which is sparking a ...

The Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner Jafar Panahi has returned to Iran, where he was given a hero’s welcome. The Guardian newspaper reports that, two days after claiming the top prize at ...

Tomorrow we are leaving.” Meanwhile, as the dissident director heads back to Iran, Iranian media are largely ignoring Jafar Panahi’s momentous Cannes Palme d’Or victory. Though Iran’s ...

Marking an extraordinary reversal of fortune, including stints in prison and house arrest during years of clandestine work when he was forbidden by authorities from directing, Iran’s Jafar ...

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi made his first in-person appearance at the Cannes Film Festival in two decades this week to debut his new film “It Was Just an Accident,” and now he’s walking ...

It Was Just an Accident, the most recent film by renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, won the coveted Palme d'Or. Panahi, who had been prohibited from travelling abroad for 14 years because of ...

Jury President Juliette Binoche and Cate Blanchett present the Palme d’Or Award onstage to Jafar Panahi at the Cannes Film Festival Getty Images As Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just ...

Jafar Panahi’s revenge thriller “It Was Just an Accident”, an indictment of political oppression in the Iranian filmmaker’s home country, won the Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film ...

With his Cannes win, Jafar Panahi has now completed the rare festival triple crown, winning the top prize at all three major European film festivals, following his Golden Lion win in Venice for ...

The wry political film follows five Iranians facing the man they believe tortured them Iranian director and screenwriter and producer Jafar Panahi poses during a photocall for the film "Un simple ...

The movie from the veteran Iranian director premiered in the Cannes Film Festival competition on Tuesday. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief The film premiered in competition at Cannes on ...

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