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LeMonde
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- LeMonde
Palme d'Or winner Jafar Panahi expresses support for Iranian trucker strike
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi backed week-long nationwide strikes by truckers on Wednesday, March 28, as a "loud call" to the authorities, after arriving home from his triumph at the Cannes film festival. Truck drivers across Iran were striking for a seventh day on Wednesday in a stoppage rare in its length and magnitude, seeking better conditions in a sector crucial for the economy in the Islamic republic. After starting last week in the southwestern port city of Bandar Abbas, the strike action has spread across the country, according to reports by monitoring groups on social media and Persian-language media based outside Iran. The truck drivers are protesting a rise in insurance premiums, poor road security, high fuel prices and low freight rates, according to union statements cited by these media. "They are fed up. They have no choice but to go strike," Panahi wrote on Instagram, having returned to Iran on Monday after winning the Palme d'or for his latest film "It Was Just an Accident". "When thieves and illiterate people are put in charge, the result is this terrible situation: corruption and mismanagement in everything, from the economy and culture to the environment and politics," added Panahi. The acclaimed director was long banned from filmmaking and unable to leave Iran, having also spent time in prison due to his political stances. "This strike is a loud call to the government saying: 'Enough! Stop all this oppression and plunder'," he said. Persian-language television channels based outside Iran, including Iran International and Manoto, which are critical of the government, said the strike was continuing Wednesday, broadcasting images of deserted roads sent from inside Iran. Tankers carrying fuel from the major refinery in Abadan in western Iran have now joined the strike, Manoto said. It was not immediately possible to independently verify the images. The same outlets also indicated that there have been strikes in other sectors in Iran, notably by bakers who are angered by early morning power cuts when they are baking bread.
France 24
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- France 24
Iran Cannes winner Panahi backs trucker strikes
Panahi said people had had 'enough' Truck drivers across Iran were striking for a seventh day on Wednesday in a stoppage rare in its length and magnitude, seeking better conditions in a sector crucial for the economy in the Islamic republic. After starting last week in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, the strike action has spread across the country, according to reports by monitoring groups on social media and Persian-language media based outside Iran. The truck drivers are protesting a rise in insurance premiums, poor road security, high fuel prices and low freight rates, according to union statements cited by these media. "They are fed up. They have no choice but to go strike," Panahi wrote on Instagram, having returned to Iran on Monday after winning the Palme d'or for his latest film "It Was Just an Accident". "When thieves and illiterate people are put in charge, the result is this terrible situation: corruption and mismanagement in everything, from the economy and culture to the environment and politics," added Panahi. The acclaimed director was long banned from filmmaking and unable to leave Iran, having also spent time in prison due to his political stances. "This strike is a loud call to the government saying: 'Enough! Stop all this oppression and plunder'," he said. Persian-language television channels based outside Iran, including Iran International and Manoto, which are critical of the government, said the strike was continuing Wednesday, broadcasting images of deserted roads sent from inside Iran as well as trucks parked up in cities including the central city of Isfahan. It was not immediately possible to independently verify the images. Tankers carrying fuel from the major refinery in Abadan in western Iran have now joined the strike, Manoto said. Iran International also said some participants had been arrested in the western city of Kermanshah, following arrests earlier this week in the southern city of Shiraz. The same outlets also indicated that there have been strikes in other sectors in Iran, notably by bakers who are angered by early morning power cuts when they are baking bread. © 2025 AFP
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First Post
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- First Post
78th Festival de Cannes: Who won what at the event? Here's the full list of winners
We had celebrities and influencers from all over the world to grace the festival and dazzle at the red carpet. But it's not just about fashion but films too read more The 78th Festival de Cannes that began from May 13 was a festival filled with razzmatazz. We had celebrities and influencers from all over the world to grace the festival and dazzle at the red carpet. But it's not just about fashion but films too. It is more about who made what than who wore what. Here's the list of winners for this year: Feature Films Palme d'or UN SIMPLE ACCIDENT Jafar PANAHI Grand Prix AFFEKSJONSVERDI (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) Joachim TRIER STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Joint Jury Prize SIRT Oliver LAXE SOUND OF FALLING Mascha SCHILINSKI Best Director Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO for O AGENTE SECRETO (THE SECRET AGENT) Best Screenplay Jean-Pierre DARDENNE & Luc DARDENNE for JEUNES MÈRES Best performance by an actress Nadia MELLITI in LA PETITE DERNIÈRE directed by Hafsia HERZI Best performance by an actor Wagner MOURA in O AGENTE SECRETO (THE SECRET AGENT) directed by Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO Special Award KUANG YE SHI DAI (RESURRECTION) Bi GAN Short Films Palme d'or I'M GLAD YOU'RE DEAD NOW Tawfeek BARHOM Special Mention ALI Adnan AL RAJEEV Un Certain Regard Un Certain Regard Prize LA MISTERIOSA MIRADA DEL FLAMENCO (THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO) Diego CÉSPEDES 1st film Jury Prize UN POETA (A POET) Simón MESA SOTO Best Directing Arab & Tarzan NASSER for Once Upon a Time in Gaza Best Actor Frank DILLANE in Urchin directed by Harris Dickinson Best Actress Cleo DIÁRA in O Riso e a Faca (I Only Rest in the Storm) directed by Pedro Pinho Best Screenplay PILLION Harry LIGHTON 1st film Caméra d'or Caméra d'or Prize THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE Hasan HADI Directors' Fortnight Special Mention MY FATHER'S SHADOW Akinola DAVIES JR Un Certain Regard La Cinef First Prize FIRST SUMMER Heo GAYOUNG KAFA, South Korea Second Prize 12 MOMENTS BEFORE THE FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY QU Zhizheng Beijing Film Academy, China Joint Third Prize GINGER BOY Miki TANAKA ENBU Seminar, Japan WINTER IN MARCH Natalia MIRZOYAN Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia
UPI
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- UPI
'Un Simple Accident' wins top prize at Cannes Film Festival
Left to right, Elle Fanning, Stellan Skarsgard, Joachim Trier, Anders Danielsen Lie, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas and Renate Reinsve attend the premiere of "Sentimental Value" at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday. Photo by Rune Hellestad/ UPI | License Photo May 24 (UPI) -- Jafar Panahi's Un Simple Accident won the Palme d'or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value scored the Grand Prix, while Kieber Mendonca Filho won the Best Director trophy and Wagner Moura picked up the award for Best Actor for The Secret Agent. Nadia Melliti earned the Best Actress prize for La Petitie Derniere and the Best Screenplay title went to Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne for Jeunes Meres. Variety said there was a five-hour power outage across the South of France that was resolved shortly before the awards were announced t the festival's closing ceremony. Scarlett Johansson, Jodie Foster bring new films to Cannes Director Scarlett Johansson attends the photo call for her film "Eleanor the Great" at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival in France on May 21, 2025. Photo by Rune Hellestad/ UPI | License Photo
Belfast Telegraph
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Belfast Telegraph
Iranian revenge thriller It Was Just An Accident wins Palme d'Or at Cannes
Cate Blanchett presented the award to Panahi, who three years ago was imprisoned in Iran before going on a hunger strike. The crowd rose in a thunderous standing ovation for the filmmaker. On stage, Panahi said what mattered most was the future of his country. 'Let us join forces,' Panahi said. 'No-one should tell us what kind of clothes we should wear, or what we should or shouldn't do.' The win for It Was Just An Accident extends one of the most unprecedented streaks in movies – the indie distributor Neon has backed the last six Palme d'or winners. Neon, which acquired It Was Just An Accident for North American distribution after its premiere in Cannes, follows its Palmes for Parasite, Titane, Triangle of Sadness, Anatomy Of A Fall and Anora. The Cannes closing ceremony followed a major power outage that struck south-eastern France on Saturday in what police suspected was arson. Only a few hours before stars began streaming down the red carpet, power was restored in Cannes. The Grand Prix, or second prize, was awarded to Joachim Trier's Norwegian family drama Sentimental Value, his lauded follow-up to The Worst Person In The World. Kleber Mendonca Filho's Brazilian political thriller The Secret Agent won two big awards, best director for Fihlo and best actor for Wagner Moura. The jury prize was split between two films, Oliver Laxe's desert road trip Sirat and Mascha Schilinski's German, generation-spanning drama Sound Of Falling. Best actress went to Nadia Melliti for The Little Sister, Hafsia Herzi's French coming-of-age drama. The Belgian brothers Jean-Luc and Pierre Dardenne won best screenplay for their latest drama, Young Mothers. The Dardennes are two-time Palme d'Or winners. Cannes' award for best first film went to Hasan Hadi, for The President's Cake, making it the first Iraqi film to win an award at the festival. Saturday's ceremony brings to a close a 78th Cannes Film Festival where geopolitics cast a long shadow, both on screen and off. Shortly before the French Riviera extravaganza, which is also the world's largest movie market, US President Donald Trump floated the idea of a 100% tariff on movies made overseas. Most filmmakers responded with a shrug, calling the plan illogical. 'Can you hold up the movie in customs? It doesn't ship that way,' said Wes Anderson, who premiered his latest, The Phoenician Scheme, at the festival. That was one of the top American films in Cannes, along with Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest, the Christopher McQuarrie-Tom Cruise action film Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning, and Ari Aster's Eddington.
