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

Cannes Film Festival · Cannes

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

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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 had been banned from leaving Iran for more than 15 years. Cate Blanchett presented the award to Panahi, who three years ago was imprisoned in Iran before going on a hunger strike. The crowd rose in a thunderous standing ovation for the filmmaker. See the Story

Interview: Spike Lee on Highest 2 Lowest

Spike Lee · New York

Interview: Spike Lee on Highest 2 Lowest

Going express: the filmmaker discusses his contemporary reimagining of Kurosawa’s classic, working again with Denzel Washington, and what makes New York City such a rich setting and subject Read Article

Cannes 2025: Every Grain of Sand

Cannes · Cannes

Cannes 2025: Every Grain of Sand

Pressing on: standouts of the second week of the festival included Pedro Pinho’s I Only Rest in the Storm, Julia Ducournau’s Alpha, and Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident Read Article

Cannes 2025: Out of Breath

Running on empty: Ari Aster‘s Eddington, Christian Petzold‘s Mirrors No. 3, and Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague fail to be more than mere reflections of their grander ambitions and inspirationsCannes · Cannes Read Article

Neon Buys Oliver Laxe‘s Immersive Road Adventure ‘Sirât’ Following Cannes Debut

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Neon has bought Oliver Laxe‘s twisty road adventure 'Sirât' following its Cannes Film Festival debut.Cannes Film Festival · Cannes See the Story

Cannes 2025: Stiff Upper Lips

Reality bites: early festival selections like Enzo, Promised Sky, and Adam's Sake were rooted in straight-down-the-line realismSky · Cannes Read Article

Cannes 2025: Maps and Legends

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Key frames: the grandest of all film festivals may be a large-format photo of the cinematic planet, but it is not a map of the worldCannes · Cannes See the Story

Print Out: There Is No Future in Nostalgia

Phantom pictures: the Singaporean filmmaker reflects on how the urban landscapes and communities depicted in his 2018 feature A Land Imagined have since disappeared due to relentless industrial redevelopmentSingapore, Singapore · Singapore Read Article

Ritualistic ruminations: An Ashish Avikunthak retrospective

With an upcoming retrospective of short films in New York City, we dive into the works of the latest Ground Glass Award recipient, Ashish Avikunthak.New York State · New York See the Story

Interview: Maxime Jean-Baptiste on Listen to the Voices

New rhythms: the filmmaker discusses his intimate French Guiana–set debut feature, which reverberates with the collective call contained in its titleFrench Guiana · French Guiana Read Article

Interview: Alexander Horwath on Henry Fonda for President

Watching the show: the Austrian critic and curator discusses his debut feature, a cinematic essay that investigates the on- and off-screen personas of the legendary American actor, and what they reveal about the United States then and nowUnited States · United States See the Story

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