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Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just An Accident’ Gets 10-Minute Ovation As Iranian Filmmaker Attends Cannes For First Time Since 2003
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s 'It Was Just an Accident' got a 10-minute ovation after its Competition screening. He is at Cannes for first time since 2003.
Lauded Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi ’s latest feature, It Was Just an Accident, just had its world premiere in Competition here at the Cannes Film Festival. He was released from his latest jail stint in February 2023, and in the production notes for It Was Just an Accident, he says: “The sentence that banned me from making films, writing, giving interviews and traveling has been officially annulled. Initially selected to represent Iran at the Oscars, Crimson Gold ultimately was banned by the authorities, preventing it from being shown in Iranian cinemas.
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