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

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In Anna-Sofia Richard’s short documentary, a woman sentenced to prison for singing in public in Iran both grapples with repression and longs for home.

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Jafar Panahi, one of Iran’s most persecuted and admired filmmakers, has won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival for It was just an accident, a powerful and moving film about justice, forgiveness and memory. Wearing sunglasses and visibly emotional, the director received the award from the jury president, Juliette Binoche, marking the culmination of a life cycle defined by censorship… Source

Cannes: Dissident Iranian director wins Palme d'Or at film festival

Dissident Iranian director Jafar Pahani - who has been arrested several times in Iran for his filmmaking - has won the prestigious Palme d'Or accolade at the 78th Cannes Film Festival.

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’

On Saturday night, the Iranian filmmaker picked up the Palme d'or in Cannes with a simple accident, a new and very strong indictment of the Tehran regime. ...

Iranian dissident film-maker wins Palme d’Or at Cannes - The Jewish Chronicle

‘The important thing now is the freedom of our country’ said director Jafar Panahi