Panahi has won top prize at the three major European film festivals Latest film "It Was Just a Simple Accident' nominated for two Oscars Panahi plans return to Iran after Oscar campaign despite prison ...

Jafar Panahi’s dissident films. His films show how a regime’s wrongdoing can upend one’s sense of self and transform the very rhythm of daily life. Jafar Panahi, 2010. The photographs of Eugène Atget ...

Authorities in Iran have arrested the Oscar-nominated screenwriter Mehdi Mahmoudian in Tehran. Mahmoudian co-wrote the film It Was Just an Accident with dissident director Jafar Panahi, and their film ...

Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, who rose to prominence during India's Operation Sindoor against Pakistani terror outfits last year, has been named by the government as a ...

"It Was Just an Accident" from Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi is nominated for the Best International Feature Film and Best Original Screenplay Oscars. Jeffrey Brown met with Panahi to talk about his ...

One of the world's greatest filmmakers, Panahi won the Golden Bear at Berlinale for 2015's Taxi Tehran and won a special jury prize at Venice for 2022's No Bears. In 2025, he was awarded the Palme ...

Jafar Panahi, director, “It Was Just An Accident” at TheWrap’s Portrait Studio during the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2025 (Photo by Austin Hargrave for TheWrap) Iranian ...

As an internet shutdown in Iran cuts off protesters and other citizens from the rest of the world, Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof are calling for intervention from the global community. In a joint ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In Jafar Panahi’s acclaimed thriller “It Was Just an Accident,” it’s a distinct sound that alerts Vahid (Vahid ...

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There is just one screening left of one of 2025’s best films, a work filled with bitter jokes about Iran’s theocratic regime and the horrific logic that motivates it – nothing we can do to a prisoner ...

Beyond showcasing Panahi's work prior to "It Was Just an Accident," the Covid-era vignette is a moving reminder to treasure personal freedom. The 20-minute short, which opened the omnibus, captures ...