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Award-Winning Filmmaker Panahi: Iran Protests “To Move History Forward”

This is Beirut, 21:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi said Wednesday that protests, which have gripped his country in recent days, aimed "to move history forward." "Shared pain has now become a cry in the street," said the director who won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize this year and has been nominated for an Oscar for his film It Was Just an ...

Iran Filmmaker Panahi to Return Home Despite Prison Sentence

This is Beirut, 2025-12-05 19:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has said he plans to return to Iran despite being sentenced to a year in prison and a travel ban earlier this week, a report said Thursday. The 65-year-old is currently touring to promote his latest Oscar-nominated film, It Was Just an Accident, which won top prize at the Cannes Film Festival this ...

Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Sentenced in Absentia Amid Cannes Triumph

This is Beirut, 2025-12-02 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iran has sentenced Palme d'Or-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi in absentia to one year in prison and a travel ban over "propaganda activities" against the country, his lawyer told AFP on Monday. The sentence includes a two-year travel ban and prohibition of Panahi from membership in any political or social groups, lawyer Mostafa Nili told AFP, ...

Jafar Panahi Accelerates Awards Campaign Amid Global Political Constraints

This is Beirut, 2025-11-21 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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After years of being banned from leaving Iran, filmmaker Jafar Panahi is enjoying his tour of the United States — visiting Los Angeles, New York and Telluride — as he promotes his Oscar-hopeful It Was Just an Accident. The film, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, has been selected by France as its official nomination for the Academy Awards, ...

Jafar Panahi Defies Iran’s Censors with Bold New Film

This is Beirut, 2025-09-30 12:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Iranian director Jafar Panahi, whose latest film won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, told AFP he would continue to defy his country's censors and ignore the risk of returning to prison. His new film It Was Just an Accident, released internationally from Wednesday, chronicles the story of five Iranians confronting a man who could be ...

Jafar Panahi Honored at Cannes: A Palme d’Or for Freedom

This is Beirut, 2025-05-24 21:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The curtain came down on the 78th Cannes Film Festival Saturday night with a deeply symbolic moment on the Croisette: Iranian director and political dissident Jafar Panahi was awarded the Palme d’Or for his underground film It Was Just an Accident. Shot in secret, the film moved the jury—chaired by Juliette Binoche—who granted it the ...

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