As the protests unfolded, the Iranian director was in Los Angeles to promote his latest film, “It Was Just an Accident,” a fixture of awards season.

With Iran gripped by nationwide protests that activists say have left at least 2,600 people dead, we recently spoke with renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, whose latest film, It Was Just an ...

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The revenge thriller has launched a juggernaut in award season. The film is screening at the 30th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK). With the Palme d’Or winning It Was Just An Accident, ...

Nevertheless, Panahi has continued to film without official permission. He managed to shoot five films this way, including Taxi Tehran which won the Golden Bear at the 2015 Berlinale. Shortly after ...

If success is the greatest revenge then Jafar Panahi surely drew particular savour from his Palme d’Or win at Cannes for this brilliantly knotty conundrum. The Iranian director has spent the past ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” was crowned best feature film and the dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi won three awards Monday at the 35th annual Gotham Awards ...

Iran has sentenced Palme d'Or-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi in absentia to one year in prison and a travel ban over "propaganda activities" against the country, his lawyer told AFP on Monday.

Iran has sentenced acclaimed filmmaker and Cannes Palme d’Or winner Jafar Panahi to one year in prison and imposed a travel ban for allegedly engaging in “propaganda activities” against the state. The ...

Jafar Panahi dedicated his Gotham Award for Best Screenplay for It Was Just an Accident “to independent filmmakers in Iran and around the world” the same day the Iranian director was sentenced in ...

Jafar Panani has been sentenced to a year in prison in Iran and a travel ban, according to his lawyer. Radio France Internationale reports the news today as the director is in the United States; he is ...

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