Tonight at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, Jafar Panahi won the prestigious Palme d' Or for his film "A Simple Accident". Below, Panahi can be seen posing proudly with his award, all images...

Anthony Chen's The Breakaway ©Festival de Cannes Cannes Special Screening: THE YEAR OF THE EVERLASTING STORM:  Jafar PANAHI , Anthony CHEN , Malik VITTHAL , Laura POITRAS , Dominga...

Lars Von Trier       Jafar Panahi  The 64th edition of the...

  There was a conspicuous empty chair when the jury of the 61st Berlinale held its press conference on Thursday afternoon. Jury President Isabella Rossellini read a pronouncement that the...

  Shortly after the Berlinale invited Jafar Panahi to be on this year's International Jury, he was sentenced to six years in prison and banned from filmmaking for the next 20 years. Ever since,...

  Amnesty International, the human rights organization, is building a petition campaign to protest the sentence of Jafar Panahi, a leading Iranian filmmaker and human rights activist....

In support of the convicted Iranian director Jafar Panahi, the Berlin International Film Festival is launching a number of initiatives at the upcoming Berlinale. In his films, Jafar Panahi critically...

  International reaction is building as news emerges from Iran that Jafar Panahi, one of that country's most internationally respected film artists, has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term....

Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori), a special section of the upcoming 67th edition of the Venice Film Festival, will host the World Premiere of Iranian director Jafar Panahi's latest work, The...

The Board of the European Film Academy strongly protests against the arrest of Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi and demands his immediate release. Jafar Panahi is an internationally recognised...