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 ...

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi says he plans to return to his home country of Iran after Oscar season is over, despite the looming threat of his arrest amid a government crackdown that has killed ...

"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 ...

Jafar Williams, the assistant wide receivers coach for Vanderbilt football, is leaving to be the wide receivers coach at Georgia Tech, according to a report from 247Sports. Williams previously worked ...

Iran was two weeks into its fiercest protests in years when Iranian director Jafar Panahi sat down for an interview. “As I’m speaking to you now, my mind and heart are there,” Panahi said by video ...

“As we stand here, the state of Iran is gunning down protestors and a savage massacre continues, blatantly, on the streets of Iran,” said Jafar Panahi at the National Board of Review gala. “I consider ...

Jafar Panahi is the toast of Tinseltown. The Iranian filmmaker and activist has been on the Oscar campaign trail these past few months with his darkly comedic thriller “It Was Just an Accident” ...

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 ...

In November, Neon, the North American distributor behind It Was Just an Accident, revealed that the director Jafar Panahi would embark on his first-ever U.S. tour, screening and chatting about the ...

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The director, who in 2025 won Cannes' Palme d'Or for 'It Was Just an Accident,' was sentenced to one year in prison in absentia early December. By Lily Ford Palme d’Or-winning director Jafar Panahi ...