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Jafar Panahi wins Palme d’Or for ‘It Was Just an Accident’ as Cannes draws curtains on a starry and divisive year
The Iranian director walked away with top honors on Saturday, concluding a festival spiked with discord and littered with ...
Iranian Movie Shot in Secret Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival
The film, “Un Simple Accident,” was directed by Jafar Panahi, a longtime festival favorite. The award capped a contest that ...
NEON Shines Brightly With Six For Six Palme d’Or Winners After Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just An Accident’
Call them a barometer, clairvoyant, or just god damn shrewd when it comes to choosing award-winning movies, but NEON has just ...
Cannes Proved Its Own Value With This Year’s Palme d’Or Winner
If any film fits the impossibly idealist version of Cannes its participants reach for every year, it’s Jafar Panahi’s A ...
If This Movie Wins the Palme d’Or, It Will Extend a Staggering Streak
The distributor Neon has been on a run at the Cannes Film Festival, and it has three movies, including “Sentimental Value,” ...
Is There A Route To The Oscars For Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just An Accident’ Following Palme D’Or Win?
As Iranian director Jafar Panahi ’s It Was Just An Accident was declared winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or on ...
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Denzel Washington Surprised With Honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes
The fest's highest honor for an individual was presented to the Oscar winner ahead of the premiere of his latest film, ...