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Belfast Telegraph
24-05-2025
- 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.
North Wales Chronicle
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- North Wales Chronicle
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.
South Wales Guardian
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Guardian
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 Dardennes 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.
Rhyl Journal
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Rhyl Journal
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 Dardennes 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.
Gulf Today
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Gulf Today
Denzel Washington receives honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes
CANNES: Denzel Washington sandwiched a whirlwind trip to the Cannes Film Festival, in between Broadway performances, for the premiere of Spike Lee's 'Highest 2 Lowest' on Monday — and was rewarded with a surprise: an honorary Palme d'Or. Cannes had flipped around some of its scheduling to accommodate Washington's speedy France trip, which came on his lone off-day while performing 'Othello' in New York. Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Frémaux surprised Washington with the award before the Monday night premiere. 'This is my brother, right here,' said the film's director, Spike Lee, who passed the award to Washington. 'This is a total surprise for me,' said Washington. The festival usually gives out one or two honorary Palmes each edition — last year, the awardees were Studio Ghibli and George Lucas. Last week, Robert De Niro received one on the festival's opening night. De Niro's award was announced in advance, but surprise prizes aren't unheard of: In 2022, Tom Cruise was presented with a surprise honorary Palme d'Or just before the screening of 'Top Gun: Maverick.' The premiere also had another surprise: Rihanna attended and walked the carpet afterward with partner A$AP Rocky. Earlier this month, she revealed at the Met Gala that she was pregnant with their third child. While the festival's photo calls usually happen the day after a film's premiere, Cannes hosted one for 'Highest 2 Lowest' earlier Monday so Washington could attend. The actor, playfully posing with Lee and co-star A$AP Rocky, showed no signs of jet lag and left once the screening began. 'He told me to tell you: Thank you for the love,' Lee told the crowd after the screening. 'He's on Broadway doing 'Othello,' so it really took a lot for him to fly here. Let's give it up for Denzel Washington, please.' Lee also came to Cannes with obligations back in New York on his mind. He arrived at the film's premiere decked out in Knicks colors and wearing a blue and orange striped suit. Lee ended his brief speech in the Palais by hollering: 'New York Knicks!' That Washington would be able to make the trip had been a sticking point for Cannes. When the festival first announced its lineup last month, 'Highest 2 Lowest' wasn't included. Within hours, however, Lee himself announced the film was heading to Cannes. Representatives for the festival said they had been waiting for confirmation that Washington would attend to walk the red carpet. 'Highest 2 Lowest,' a remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1963 film 'High and Low,' will be released in theaters by A24 on Aug. 22 before streaming on Apple TV+ on Sept. 5. Before handing over the prize to Washington, festival director Thierry Fremaux introduced a montage of Washington's memorable performances including in 'Malcolm X' and 'Mo' Better Blues', both directed by Lee. Clips were also shown from 'Glory', which earned him an Oscar for best supporting actor in 1989, and 'Training Day', for which he won best actor in 2002. The cast of 'Highest 2 Lowest' put on a show on the Cannes red carpet, with Spike Lee in an orange pinstripe suit, round glasses and an orange-and-blue hat, and A$AP Rocky showing off a gold dental piece. Although Cannes usually hands out honorary awards in dedicated ceremonies, it is not unusual for actors to receive them unexpectedly -- as happened with Harrison Ford at the premiere of 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' in 2023. Earlier the veteran actor appeared to have a testy encounter with a photographer on the red carpet. The photographer appeared to grab the actor by the arm as he posed in front of a bank of cameras. Washington shook him off and then pointed his finger at him and appeared to say 'Stop it' a number of times, videos showed. But despite the awkward incident, Washington's mood was no doubt lifted by the rave reviews of him and Lee's film. Agencies
