Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been sentenced in absentia in Iran to one year in prison, according to his lawyer via the AFP news agency. Panahi’s lawyer, Mostafa Nili, said the ...

Cannes winner Jafar Panahi addressed his recent Iran prison sentence while speaking at the Marrakech Film Festival in Morocco, saying he plans to return to his country as soon as he finishes his Oscar ...

The dissident filmmaker is currently in the U.S. and set to attend the Gotham Awards on Monday night, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. By Etan Vlessing, Scott Feinberg Iran has sentenced the ...

Panahi, who just finished a U.S. tour promoting his Palme d'Or winner, has previously served prison time and been under house arrest in his home country. Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, currently in ...

He won best director, original screenplay and international feature for “It Was Just an Accident.” Best feature went to “One Battle After Another.” By Kyle Buchanan “One Battle After Another” was ...

Iran has sentenced Palme d'Or-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi in absentia to one year in prison and a travel ban over "propaganda activities" against the country, his lawyer told AFP on Monday. The ...

Iran has sentenced acclaimed filmmaker and Cannes Palme d’Or winner Jafar Panahi to one year in prison and imposed a travel ban for allegedly engaging in “propaganda activities” against the state. The ...

Imprisoned and censored by his home country of Iran, the legendary director discusses his furtive filmmaking. Jafar Panahi at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. It’s just after 1 am in ...

Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi swept the 35th annual Gotham Awards in New York on Monday night, just hours after Tehran’s government sentenced him in absentia to a year in prison and a ...

El aclamado director de cine Jafar Panahi fue condenado a un año de prisión en Irán (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP, File) Un tribunal revolucionario iraní ha condenado en ausencia al director de cine ...

Iran sentenced award-winning director Jafar Panahi to one year in prison in absentia and imposed a travel ban for what it called “propaganda activities” against the country. Panahi’s lawyer Mostafa ...

Oscar-bound filmmaker Jafar Panahi has reportedly been sentenced to prison by Iranian officials. The It Was Just an Accident director is widely expected to score major Oscar nominations. The 2026 ...