Miranda Murray

1 week ago | cyprus-mail.com | Miranda Murray |Elias Hazou |Tom Cleaver |Johanna Pauls

By Miranda MurrayRevenge thriller “It Was Just An Accident” by Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who was barred from filmmaking for 15 years by the government in Tehran, won the Palme d’Or top prize on Saturday. With the award, Panahinow has the rare honour of winning the top prize at all three major European film festivals, after nabbing Berlin’s Golden Bear for “Taxi” in 2015 and the Golden Lion at Venice for “The Circle” in 2000.

1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Sudip Kar-Gupta |Michaela Cabrera |Miranda Murray

French police were investigating a possible arson attack as the main cause for a power outage which hit the Alpes-Maritimes region in southern France on Saturday, including Cannes, which is hosting its world-famous annual film festival. “We are looking into the likelihood of a fire being started deliberately,” said a spokesperson for the French national gendarmerie, adding no arrests had been made at this stage.

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Miranda Murray

CANNES, France − Revenge thriller "It Was Just an Accident," by Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who was barred from filmmaking for 15 years by the government in Tehran,won the Palme d'Or top prize at Cannes Film Festival on May 24. With the award, Panahi now has the rare honor of winning the top prize at all three major European film festivals, after nabbing Berlin's Golden Bear for "Taxi" in 2015 and the Golden Lion at Venice for "The Circle" in 2000.

1 week ago | jp.reuters.com | Miranda Murray

[カンヌ（フランス） ２４日 ロイター] - 第７８回カンヌ国際映画祭は２４日夜、最高賞のパルムドールにイラン出身のジャファル・パナヒ監督による「It Was Just An Accident」を選んで閉幕した。 パナヒ監督は２０００年にベネチア国際映画祭の金獅子賞、１５年にベルリン国際映画祭の金熊賞を受賞しており、世界３大映画祭の全てで最高賞を獲得する快挙を達成した。 パルムドールに次ぐグランプリはヨアキム・トリアー監督の「Sentimental Value」が受賞した。 パナヒ監督は授賞式でイラン国民に最も重要なことはイランとイランの自由と語りかけ、「何を着るか着ないか、何をすべきかすべきでないか、誰にも指図されない日が来ることを願っている」と述べた。イランにおける女性に対する厳格なイスラムの服装規定に言及した。 パナヒ氏は自身が当局に拘束された経験をもつ。 カンヌ市内ではこの日大規模な停電が発生したが、授賞式は滞りなく行われた。 私たちの行動規範：トムソン・ロイター「信頼の原則」 , opens new tab Speed editor on the Berlin hub...

1 week ago | msn.com | Miranda Murray

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