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Iran summons French diplomat over praise of Palme d'Or-winning film 'It Was Just An Accident'

Iran's Palme d'Or-winning director Jafar Panahi was cheered as he arrived home after his Cannes win. However, the national press and political reaction has been more muted. Iran has also summoned a French diplomat over praise of 'It Was Just An Accident'.

Euronews

Filmmaker Panahi Cheered On Return To Iran After Cannes Triumph

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was given a hero's welcome by supporters on his return to Tehran on Monday after winning the top prize at the Cannes film festival, footage posted on social media showed.

International Business Times

Iran summons French diplomat over praise of Palme d'Or-winning film

Iran has summoned France’s representative in protest after the French foreign minister praised a prize-winning Iranian film as “a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime’s oppression.”

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Jeremy Strong compares Cannes jury to 'Conclave with Champagne'

'Succession' star Jeremy Strong has compared serving on the jury at the Cannes Film Festival to critically acclaimed movie 'Conclave' but "with Champagne".

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Iran summons French envoy, calling minister's Cannes comments 'insulting'

Iran summoned France’s envoy in Tehran over what it said were “insulting” comments by the French Foreign Minister following Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s win of the top prize at the Cannes film festival.

Radio France Internationale

French authorities investigate second power blackout in two days

At least 45,000 people affected by ‘malicious act’ in Nice, a day after Cannes film festival disrupted by similar outage

The Guardian - UK

Cannes 2025 ends on a high as director Jafar Panahi claims the Palme d'Or

Iranian director Jafar Panahi has claimed the Palme d'Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival for his powerful revenge drama It Was Just an Accident, capping a politically charged celebration of global cinema.

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Jafar Panahi wins Cannes Palme d’Or for revenge thriller It Was Just an Accident

‘Cinema is society. Nobody is entitled to tell what we should or refrain from doing,’ Panahi said

The Independent UK

Jafar Panahi wins Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival

Jafar Panahi has received the prestigious Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Jafar Panahi’s Cannes victory is a wonderful moment for an amazingly courageous film-maker

Panahi has endured years of harassment from the Iranian authorities but has created a tremendous body of work; his Palme d’Or is richly deserved

The Guardian - UK

Iranian director Jafar Panahi wins Palme d’Or at Cannes for It Was Just an Accident

Panahi, long censored and previously imprisoned in his home country, took top prize as Sentimental Value and The Secret Agent also honoured

The Guardian - UK

Dissident Iranian Filmmaker Panahi Wins Top Prize At Cannes

"It Was Just an Accident" by dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or for best film at the Cannes Festival on Saturday.

International Business Times

Cannes Closes With Iranian, Ukrainian Films Tipped For Glory

The Cannes Festival draws to a close on Saturday, with a wry Iranian film about political prisoners and a Ukrainian-directed drama about despotism among the frontrunners to pick up the Palme d'Or top prize.

International Business Times

Falling palm trees and a faltering Palme d’Or director: how Cannes 2025 went – and who will win

In a Cannes film festival where the greatest movies were about dictatorships and political cruelty, our chief critic shares his picks for the prix

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The Independent UK

Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi's presence in Cannes speaks volumes

Before this week, the dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi hasn’t attended the premiere of one of his films in more than 15 years

The Guardian - UK

Banned film-maker Jafar Panahi says friends lost hope he would direct again

Speaking during his first visit to Cannes in 22 years, Panahi who has previously been imprisoned in Iran said he wasn’t doing ‘anything heroic’

The Guardian - UK

It Was Just an Accident review – Jafar Panahi takes us on a nightmare trip into a land of bribes and brutality

An unfortunate encounter with a dog sets off a chain of surreal, grotesque events that expose the corruption and tyranny at the heart of Iran

The Guardian - UK

‘I think of those I left behind in prison’: Iran’s Jafar Panahi on life as a banned film-maker

He’s been jailed, gone on hunger strike and been forced to sell his house for bail. In his first newspaper interview for 15 years, the great director explains why every film is worth the consequences

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International Business Times

Iran's Panahi Pokes Fun At Iran's Jailers In Cannes Comeback

Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi makes his first appearance at an international film festival in 15 years at Cannes on Tuesday with a story about political prisoners trying to get their own back on their jailers.

International Business Times

Cannes Film Festival: What To Look Out For

The glitz and glamour of the Cannes film festival returns to the French Riviera on Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

Cannes Film Festival organisers announce women-majority jury

American star Halle Berry and Franco-Moroccan writer Leila Slimani have been chosen to serve on the women-majority jury at the Cannes Film Festival this year, headed by French actress Juliette Binoche.

Euronews

The Academy are implementing new rules for voting, AI and refugee filmmakers

The Academy has put forth a handful of new regulations on issues including voting, AI, refugee filmmakers and the newly launched casting category. Here's everything you need to know.

The Guardian - UK

Pillion, Phoenician and Panahi: superb lineup set to extend Cannes’ Oscar-sweeping streak

After a tricky few years, the world’s pre-eminent film festival has come roaring back and is set to feature new work by Kelly Reichardt, another Joachim Trier drama starring Renate Reinsve and Cannes icons the Dardenne brothers

The Guardian - UK

Scarlett Johansson, Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor set for Cannes 2025 as lineup announced

Premieres of new movies by Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, Ari Aster, Kelly Reichardt, Joachim Trier and Jafar Panahi to screen at film festival – as well debuts by actor-turned-directors Johansson and Harris Dickinson

Radio France Internationale

Cannes Film Festival unveils diverse line-up of veteran stars and fresh talent

Cannes Film Festival organisers have revealed the films competing for the coveted Palme d'Or prize on Thursday. Six women are among the 19 directors nominated, including the 2021 winner, French filmmaker Julia Ducournau with her new film Alpha.

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