Iranian dissident filmmaker wins top Cannes prize

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An Iranian dissident filmmaker, who was forbidden from leaving Iran for 15 years, won the top prize at the Cannes film festival for his movie It Was Just an Accident.
Tehran has banned Jafar Panahi’s films, but he continues to direct them clandestinely in Iran.
The plot was…

This story appeared on semafor.com, 2025-05-25 22:06:19.
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