Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s revenge thriller “It Was Just an Accident” won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. The win hands the festival’s top prize to a director who had been banned from leaving Iran for more than 15 years. (May 24)
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Cannes awards Palme d’Or to Iranian revenge drama

Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s revenge thriller “It Was Just an Accident” won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. The win hands the festival’s top prize to a director who had been banned from leaving Iran for more than 15 years. (May 24)
 
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