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Jafar Panahi’s Cannes Triumph Sends a Warning to Authoritarians Everywhere
The Iranian director’s Palme d’Or-winning thriller, “It Was Just an Accident,” set the tone for a festival defined by dramas ...
‘It Was Just an Accident’ Review: Iranian Auteur Jafar Panahi Returns to Cannes With an Artful Tale of Trauma and Revenge
The Golden Bear and Golden Lion winner arrives on the Croisette with his latest feature, which is also his first movie not to ...
Jafar Panahi | The auteur of dissent
While mainstream directors rue counterfeits, Jafar Panahi observes the transaction with an expression of sorrow and ...
Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi wins Cannes’ top prize. Here’s what he says about his movie
Before this week, the dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi hasn’t attended the premiere of one of his films in more than ...
Jafar Panahi Cheered By Supporters On Return To Iran Following Cannes Palme D'Or Win
Palme d'Or winner Jafar Panahi has returned to Iran, where he was given a hero's welcome.  The Guardian newspaper reports ...
Jafar Panahi Returns to Cheers in Tehran as Palme d’Or Victory Prompts Diplomatic Spat Between France and Iran
Jafar Panahi has returned to cheers in Tehran as his Palme d'Or victory prompts a diplomatic spat between France and Iran.
Culture catch-up: Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or win and the politics of Iranian cinema
Jafar Panahi and the urgency of Iranian cinema ...
Jafar Panahi Intends to Keep Up the Fight Via Film: “Even My Closest Friends Had Given up Hope”
The dissident Iranian director, no longer under a travel ban from Tehran, returned to Cannes for the first time in two ...
Jafar Panahi: The World’s Most Acclaimed Dissident Filmmaker
The Iranian director, one of THR’s Legends of the Croisette, talks prison and censorship, why he plans to stay in Iran, and ...
‘It Was Just an Accident’ Review: Iranian Director Jafar Panahi’s Done Being Discreet, Launching an Open Warning to His Oppressors
After being imprisoned multiple times, Jafar Panahi emerges anything but chastened in 'It Was Just an Accident,' serving up a ...
‘It Was Just an Accident’ Review: Five Iranian Dissidents Debate Killing Their Former Torturer in Jafar Panahi’s Breathless Moral Thriller
Freed from restrictions, Jafar Panahi returns with the nail-biting 'It Was Just an Accident,' inspired by his own experience ...
The Washington Post10d
Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi wins Cannes’ top prize. Here’s what he says about his movie
CANNES, France — Before this week, the dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi hadn’t attended the premiere of one of his films in more than 15 years. Panahi, one of the leading international ...