Want to get into the films of Iran’s Jafar Panahi, who went from imprisonment to Cannes? He’s happy to help

His most recent movie, the Palme d'Or-winning 'It Was Just an Accident,' is only the latest of a 30-year career that's thrown ...
Tehran Times

Renowned Iranian filmmaker Nasser Taghvai passes away

TEHRAN – Prominent Iranian filmmaker and screenwriter Nasser Taghvai passed away on Tuesday at the age of 84. His wife, ...

He made an ‘illegal' film in Iran. Now the U.S. government is preventing him from coming to the Bay Area

Jafar Panahi was the subject of a tribute at the Mill Valley Film Festival, but his Oscar-contender "It Was Just an Accident" ...

It Was Just an Accident LFF review: this comic Iranian revenge thriller is devastatingly superb

But Triangle of Sadness or The Eel (remember that?!), really?Well, Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident, ...
Yahoo

Iran summons French diplomat over praise of Palme d'Or-winning film 'It Was Just An Accident'

Iran has summoned France's representative in protest after the French foreign minister praised the Cannes-winning Iranian film as “a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime's oppression.” ...
WFMY News2

Cannes awards Palme d'Or to Iranian revenge drama 'It Was Just an Accident'

WASHINGTON — Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his revenge thriller “It Was Just an Accident," handing the festival's top prize to ...
Yahoo

Iran summons French diplomat over praise of Palme d'Or-winning film

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has summoned France's representative in protest after the French foreign minister praised a prize-winning Iranian film as “a gesture of resistance against the ...