Jafar Panahi's latest film 'It Was Just an Accident,' which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, will be released in theaters by Neon on Oct. 15.

Iran's Jafar Panahi has been tapped for the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award at the 30th Busan International Film Festival.

Filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been honoured with the title of the Asian filmmaker of the Year at the Busan International Film ...

Take heed: Jafar Panahi is no longer the filmmaker he once was, transforming from understated humanist (in films such as "The White Balloon" and "Offside") to openly critical of the Iranian regime ...

Director Jafar Panahi poses for a portrait photograph for the film 'It Was Just an Accident' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 21, 2025.

At 20, Jafar Panahi's studies were interrupted by the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988). He served in the military from 1980-1982, producing a war documentary for Iranian television during that time.

In Jafar Panahi’s “No Bears,” the director plays a version of himself, exposing the absurdities and terrors of daily existence in Iran under the regime’s misrule.

The Busan award follows Panahi’s historic Palme d’Or win at Cannes in May for 'It Was Just an Accident' and caps a career ...

Jafar Panahi Speaks Out for First Time in 14 Years as New Film 'It Was Just an Accident' Premieres at Cannes: I Spent 'Eight Hours a Day Blindfolded' and 'Being Interrogated' in Iran Prison ...