Panahi was recently in Australia, where he screened his Palme d’Or winner 'It Was Just An Accident' at the Sydney Film ...

Jafar Panahi has launched an impassioned appeal for Iran to 'initiate' a 'responsive and democratic government' amid ...

This world-renowned Iranian director was barred from making films in his own country. Now, he has come to Sydney under a veil of secrecy to promote his latest work, which is based on his ...

Celebrated Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi made a surprise appearance at the opening night of Sydney Film Festival (SFF) last ...

More Cannes love came for 2011's This Is Not a Film (the Carrosse d'Or at the Director's Fortnight) and 2018's Three Faces ...

Panahi received the 2025 Palme d'Or, the highest honour at the Cannes Film Festival. He’s also the focus of the 2025 Sydney ...

While mainstream directors rue counterfeits, Jafar Panahi observes the transaction with an expression of sorrow and understanding. The Iranian director, who had to shoot most of his movies in ...

The film is directed by Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who has long been renowned for his bravery and defiance. And now his movie has joined the likes of Parasite and Pulp Fiction, cementing its ...

Silenced, imprisoned, yet never stilled—Jafar Panahi returned to Cannes in 2025 after 22 years, winning the Palme d'Or for It Was Just an Accident, a taut, 24-hour thriller born from his time ...

“Cinema is a society. No one has the right to tell us what to do, and what not to do.” Panahi won the highest honour at Cannes in the official competition for his film It Was Just An ...

By the time he began making his next film, “Offside,” in 2005 ... The sight of Juliette Binoche embracing Jafar Panahi on the Lumière stage had a particular full-circle poignancy.