Iran has sentenced acclaimed 'It Was Just an Accident' director Jafar Panahi to five years in prison. Charges remain unclear.

Formalism gets a bum rap. No style carries intrinsic virtue, but formalism, at its best, is a powerful expression of political crisis, embodying realities too extreme for plain narration. In ...

Cannes Palme d'Or-winning Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi – who was facing a one-year prison sentence – has now been sentenced by a Tehran Revolutionary Court to five years and one month in jail in a ...

Jafer Panahi was arrested in 2022 in connection with protests involving a group of filmmakers. He was released around seven months later.

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. UPDATED, January 2, 2026: Jafar Panahi and his ...

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 20: Cast and crew of "Un Simple Accident" attend the "Un Simple Accident" red carpet at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 20, 2025 in Cannes, ...

Pakistan, Oct. 29 -- Oscar-nominated Iranian director Jafar Panahi, 'It Was Just an Accident', has been sentenced in absentia to five years and one month in prison by an Islamic Revolutionary Court in ...