It isn’t quite fair when an artist’s real-life circumstances overtake his work in the public imagination. But for the Iranian director Jafar Panahi the two are unusually inextricable. His own style is ...
Mamata Banerjee accused Amit Shah of manipulating the Election Commission into conducting a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls in poll-bound states West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ...
He’ll be at the New York Film Festival Wednesday for a showing and Q&A after missing his New York premiere there last week. The fest has also rescheduled for Friday a conversation with Panahi and ...
The beloved Iranian auteur has been subject to imprisonment, interrogation, and suppression in his native country. America let him down in another way. As our own Anne Thompson told it best in her ...
This key figure in the Iranian New Wave, whose latest film was just submitted by France for the best international feature Oscar competition, reflects on his cinematic critiques of Iranian society, ...
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) TORONTO: ...
After winning Palme d’Or at Cannes for his stunning thriller It Was Just An Accident, one of Iran’s most celebrated filmmakers Jafar Panahi has called for the fall of the Tehran regime, against the ...
The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School has honoured Majid Jafar, CEO of Crescent Petroleum, and his wife Lynn Barghout Jafar, co-founders of the Loulou Foundation, for their work in ...
Honorary doctorate degrees presented at university’s 2025 Commencement ceremony The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School has honoured Majid Jafar, CEO of Crescent Petroleum, and his wife ...
“Cinema is a society. No one has the right to tell us what to do, and what not to do.” Panahi won the highest honour at Cannes in the official competition for his film It Was Just An Accident, a moral ...
Power outages may have shrouded the French Riviera in literal darkness on the final day of the 78th Cannes Film Festival, but the Palais still managed to deliver an electric finale. Iranian filmmaker ...
There was a Hollywood ending on the French Riviera on Saturday evening as Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was awarded the Palme d’Or, top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. It’s the first time Panahi ...
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