How Jafar Panahi assembled a team of dissident artists to make his risky new film

With Palme d'Or winner and Oscar hopeful 'It Was Just an Accident,' the legendary Iranian filmmaker brought together ...

Why Jafar Panahi will return to Iran after the 'It Was Just an Accident' Oscar campaign - even as a prison sentence awaits him

The Palme d'Or-winning filmmaker was sentenced last month to one year in prison for "propaganda activities" related to his ...
River Journal Online

Palm d’Or Winning Film Screening in Nyack

Rivertown Film presents a searing Iranian film on Wednesday, January 14th – the Palm d’Or winning “It Was Just An Accident”.

Cinema For Peace Gives Shoutout To Venezuelan Opposition Leaders As It Unveils 2026 Nominees Including Pope Leo, Jafar Panahi & Scarlett Johansson

The Cinema for Peace Foundation has unveiled the nominees for its annual Cinema Dove and Nobel awards celebrating films and ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Jafar Panahi In-Person London Film Fest Talk Canceled “Due to Scheduling Conflict”

The Iranian dissident auteur, who won the Cannes Palme d’Or 2025 for 'It Was Just an Accident,' will instead record the Screen Talk, which will be made available online for free. By Georg Szalai ...
WHIO

Jafar Panahi doesn't want to be called a hero. He just wants to make films

NEW YORK — The Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been imprisoned, banned from traveling, put under house arrest and ordered to stop making films for 20 years. And, yet, Panahi has continually made ...

Jafar Panahi’s Prison Sentence Appeal Sets Hearing Date in Iran

The director, who in 2025 won Cannes' Palme d'Or for 'It Was Just an Accident,' was sentenced to one year in prison in ...
KTLA

Jafar Panahi doesn’t want to be called a hero. He just wants to make films

NEW YORK (AP) — The Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been imprisoned, banned from traveling, put under house arrest and ordered to stop making films for 20 years. And, yet, Panahi has continually ...