Iranian director Ali Ahmadzadeh, who won Locarno’s Golden Leopard for his clandestinely shot film Critical Zone in 2023 , ...

CANNES, France (AP) — Before this week, the dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi hadn’t attended the premiere of one of his films in more than 15 years. Panahi, one of the leading ...

Jafar Panahi Speaks Out for First Time in 14 Years as New Film 'It Was Just an Accident' Premieres at Cannes: I Spent 'Eight Hours a Day Blindfolded' and 'Being Interrogated' in Iran Prison ...

At 20, Jafar Panahi's studies were interrupted by the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988). He served in the military from 1980-1982, producing a war documentary for Iranian television during that time.

In Jafar Panahi’s “No Bears,” the director plays a version of himself, exposing the absurdities and terrors of daily existence in Iran under the regime’s misrule.

Director Jafar Panahi poses for a portrait photograph for the film 'It Was Just an Accident' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 21, 2025.