Iranian revenge thriller It Was Just an Accident wins Palme d'Or at Cannes

Iranian dissident director Jafar Panahi wins Palme d’Or in Cannes

Filmmaker who served a long ban in his homeland triumphs with typically bold work ‘It Was Just an Accident’

Iranian dissident's film wins top Cannes award

Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi's revenge thriller "It Was Just an Accident" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, handing the festival's top prize to a director who was banned from leaving Iran for more than…

Dissident Iranian filmmaker wins Palme d’Or at Cannes and calls for Iran to unite for 'freedom'

His film, It Was Just an Accident, tells the tale of five ordinary Iranians confronting a man they believed tortured them in jail.

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

Jafar Panahi wins Palme d’Or at Cannes 2025 for ‘It Was Just An Accident’ filmed in secret

Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for It Was Just An Accident (Un Simple Accident), a tense revenge drama shot in secret. The film follows a garage owner who kidnaps a one-legged man resembling the person he believes once tortured him in prison. The story confronts justice, memory, and the burden of vengeance. Panahi, who had been banned from filmmaking in Iran for 15 years, dedicated t…

The Cannes Film Festival concluded on Saturday with the winners announced. The Palme d'Or went to Iranian director Jafar Panahi's "Just an Accident."