The Iranian director’s Palme d’Or-winning thriller, “It Was Just an Accident,” set the tone for a festival defined by dramas ...

Jafar Panahi has returned to cheers in Tehran as his Palme d'Or victory prompts a diplomatic spat between France and Iran.

Saboteurs cut the power on the festival’s final day, but it came on in time for Panahi’s electrifying win for “It Was Just an ...

The Iranian director walked away with top honors on Saturday, concluding a festival spiked with discord and littered with ...

Awards for actor and director went to Kleber Mendonça Filho’s 'The Secret Agent,' while two films tied for the Jury Prize, ...

Neon has acquired the North American rights to Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident, which premiered In ...

The Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner Jafar Panahi has returned to Iran, where he was given a hero’s welcome. The ...

Neon, which acquired the new film from the dissident Iranian director for North America a few days ago, has picked the Palme ...

As Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just An Accident was declared winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or on ...

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

Revenge thriller "It Was Just An Accident" by Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who was barred from filmmaking for 15 years by ...

Director Jafar Panahi, winner of the Palme d'Or for the film 'It Was Just an Accident', poses for photographers at the awards ...