Iranian disgruntled filmmaker Jaffer Panahi’s revision thriller “It’s Just Acidant” won Palme D’Or Cannes film festival On Saturday, submitting the top award of the festival to a director, which was banned from leaving Iran for more than 15 years.
Cate Blanchett Panahi presented the award, which was three years ago Imprisoned in Iran Before going on hunger strike. The crowd for the filmmaker grew into a thunderous standing ovation.
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He was one of many Iranian artists, sports figures and other celebrities, who were detained after speaking against the government of the country. 64 -year -old Panahi continued to make prize -winning films for more than a decade despite being legally prohibited by traveling and film production.
The victory of “This was just an accident” expands one of the most unprecedented lines in films: Indie distributor Neon has supported the last six Palme D’Or winners. Neon, which acquired “it was just an accident” for North American distribution after premiere in the ear, follows its palms for this “Parasite,” “Tetain,” “triangle of sadness,” “Anatomy of a Fall” And “Anora.”
Ear closing ceremony followed A major power outage On Saturday, South -East France suspected the police that was arson. The stars restored electricity to the ear a few hours before starting streaming under the red carpet.
The Grand Prix, or the second prize, the Norwegian Family Drama of Jochim Trear, “Sentimental Value,” was honored to his acclaimed follower for “the worst person in the world”.
Cleber Mendonka Filho’s Brazilian political thriller “The Secret Agent” won two big awards: Best Director for Fihlo and Best Actor for Wagner Maura.
The Jury Award was divided between two films: Iver Eleiver Lax’s Desert Road Trip “Sirat” and Masha Shilinsky’s German, generation-spanning drama “Sound of Falling”.
Best actress “The Little Sister,” went to Nadia Melity for Hafsia Zaizer’s French coming to French.
Belgian brothers Jean-Luke and Pierre Dardane won the best script for their latest drama, “Young Mother’s”. Dardennes are twice the winner.
The Cannes Award for Best First Film went to Hasan Hadi for “The President Cake”, who made it the first Iraqi film to win an award on the festival.
Saturday’s celebrations bring closer to the 78th Cannes Film Festival, where the geophysicist put a long shade, which was both on the screen and the off. Shortly before the French Riviera Extravaganja, which is also the world’s largest film market, US President Trump expressed a 100% tariff on films made abroad.
Most filmmakers responded with a shrug, called the plan irrational. Wes Anderson said, “Can you catch the film in a custom? It doesn’t ship like this.”
It was one of the top American films in the ear, as well as Spike Lee’s “Hest 2 low “Mission: impossible – final recanning” And Eri Ester’s “Edgington.”