Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s revenge thriller 'It Was Just an Accident' won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, handing the festival's top prize to a director who had been banned ...

A simple examination of Panahi’s oeuvre, however, shows his lens belongs only to himself. The 64-year-old is a master ...

Filmed clandestinely, Jafar Panahi's A Simple Accident won the Palme d'Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival. A symbolic award ...

Cannes Film Festival Denzel Washington received a surprise honorary Palme d'Or, the festival's highest honor. Spike Lee helped present Washington with the prize as the pair debuted their new movie ...

The Cannes Film Festival has a long and distinguished track record of spotlighting landmark works in the history of cinema with its highest honor, the Palme d’or. The festival first gave out its ...

The film's win has given rise to a diplomatic row between French and Iranian officials, after French Foreign Minister ...

The fest's highest honor for an individual was presented to the Oscar winner ahead of the premiere of his latest film, ...

Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his revenge thriller “It Was Just an Accident," handing the festival's top prize to a ...