Historical Golden Palm for Jafar Panahi: Prohibited From Iran's Exit for 14 Years, the Sacred Filmmaker in Cannes 2025

Interview with the winner of the Palma doro in Cannes. Fifteen years without being able to leave Iran and a period spent in prison. The government is no longer able to control everything as before.

Cannes Film Festival: Iranian director and regime critic Jafar Panahi triumphed in Cannes, he does not want to leave Iran

Antananarivo, 25 May, 9:45 a.m. – The curtain fell on the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival which, once again, mixed artistic thrills, political speeches and pure emotional moments. Under Juliette Binoche's presidency, the jury delivered a bold list, marked by the victory of Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi and a vibrant tribute to American legend Denzel Washington. By handing over the Palme d'or to a Simple Accident, Juliette Binoche and h…

The 64-year-old filmmaker was rewarded for a simple accident, shot clandestinely in his country. His Palme d'or crowns the journey of a committed director and demonstrates all the power and vitality of Iranian cinema, despite the constraints imposed by the authorities of the Islamic Republic.

On Saturday 24 May, at the closing ceremony of the 78th Cannes Film Festival, the jury awarded Jafar Panahi its Golden Palm for his film Un simple accident. After his Golden Lion...

Awarded by all the film festivals of the world but deprived of the right to shoot in his country, where his films are banned and he himself sometimes imprisoned, Jafar Panahi has made this challenge vis-à-vis the