The Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker was sentenced last month to one year in prison for “propaganda activities” related to his ...

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The start of Hollywood's awards season has been marked by highs and lows for Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi. On Monday night, the writer and director was present when his film It Was Just an Accident ...

He won best director, original screenplay and international feature for “It Was Just an Accident.” Best feature went to “One Battle After Another.” By Kyle Buchanan “One Battle After Another” was ...

Imprisoned and censored by his home country of Iran, the legendary director discusses his furtive filmmaking. Jafar Panahi at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. It’s just after 1 am in ...

Oscar-bound filmmaker Jafar Panahi has reportedly been sentenced to prison by Iranian officials. The It Was Just an Accident director is widely expected to score major Oscar nominations. The 2026 ...

Panahi, who just finished a U.S. tour promoting his Palme d'Or winner, has previously served prison time and been under house arrest in his home country. UPDATED, January 2, 2026: Jafar Panahi and his ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Jafar Panahi, director of Palme d’Or winner and France’s powerful official entry for the International Oscar, It Was Just an Accident, grins when we meet on Zoom. I tell him his smile ...

For more than a decade, after the government of Iran deemed his work “propaganda against the system,” the filmmaker Jafar Panahi was banned from making films or leaving the country. He spent some of ...

Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident is a masterwork of a revenge thriller. Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival While I have had my share of eye problems, I have never been forced to experience the ...

During filming, the authorities discovered “It Was Just an Accident.” But a French producer had been engaged to finish this ultimate winner of the top prize at Cannes. By Nicole Sperling The Iranian ...