{"id":29968,"date":"2025-05-24T17:15:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T21:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=29968"},"modified":"2025-05-24T17:17:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T21:17:29","slug":"cannes-film-festival-2025-it-was-just-an-accident-wins-palme-dor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=29968","title":{"rendered":"Cannes Film Festival 2025: \u2018It Was Just an Accident\u2019 Wins Palme d\u2019Or"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a9Courtesy of Neon<\/p>\n

The 78th Cannes Film Festival<\/a> concluded with its most political moment, when Iranian director Jafar Panahi<\/a> received the Palme d’Or for “It Was Just an Accident<\/strong><\/a>“, a film that directly influenced his time in prison.<\/p>\n

Panahi’s film combines absurdist humor and anger with five characters who believe they have identified the prosecutor who tortured them during their own arrests. However, since they were all blindfolded in jail, it is impossible for anyone to be certain that their captive is the same man.<\/p>\n

Despite being forbidden to make films, the director has continued making films since his initial arrest and conviction for ‘propaganda against the regime’ in 2010. He sent a flash drive to Cannes in 2011 with his movie, “This Is Not a Film<\/strong>, and has remained a vocal advocate for other directors whose work is being suppressed by the government.<\/p>\n

Panahi thanked his family for its supporter as well as the team that made such a risky project possible. \u201dI think it\u2019s the moment to ask everyone, all the Iranians with opinions different from others, in Iran and throughout the world\u2026\u201d he began. \u201dI\u2019d like to ask them one thing: Put all the problems and differences aside. The most important thing is surely our country and the freedom of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Anora<\/strong>” won the Palme d’Or the following year, but the U.S. distributor Neon had the right to take the top prize, despite the country being shut out of the awards. The Secret Agent was the winner of two prizes. Wagner Moura, best actor for his role as a father who disguises his identity to evade assassination during Brazil’s military dictatorship, was recognized as the best director.<\/p>\n<\/ins>\n

Here\u2019s the full list of winners.<\/strong><\/p>\n

COMPETITION<\/b><\/p>\n

Palme d\u2019Or:\u00a0<\/b>\u201cIt Was Just an Accident,\u201d Jafar Panahi<\/p>\n

Grand Prix:\u00a0<\/b>\u201cSentimental Value,\u201d Joachim Trier<\/p>\n

Director:\u00a0<\/b>Kleber Mendon\u00e7a Filho, \u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d<\/p>\n

Actor:\u00a0<\/b>Wagner Moura, \u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d<\/p>\n

Actress:\u00a0<\/b>Nadia Melliti, \u201cLittle Sister\u201d<\/p>\n

Jury Prize \u2014 TIE:\u00a0<\/b>\u201cSirat,\u201d Olivier Laxe AND \u201cSound of Falling,\u201d Mascha Schilinski<\/p>\n

Special Award\u00a0(Prix Sp\u00e9cial):<\/b>\u00a0\u201cResurrection,\u201d Bi Gan<\/p>\n

Screenplay:<\/b>\u00a0Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, \u201cYoung Mothers\u201d<\/p>\n<\/ins>\n

OTHER PRIZES<\/b><\/p>\n

Camera d\u2019Or:\u00a0<\/b>\u201dThe President\u2019s Cake,\u201d Hasan Hadi<\/p>\n

Camera d\u2019Or Special Mention:<\/b>\u00a0\u201cMy Fther\u2019s Shadow,\u201d Akinola Davies Jr.<\/p>\n

Short Film Palme d\u2019Or:<\/b>\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m Glad You\u2019re Dead Now,\u201d Tawfeek Barhom<\/p>\n

Short Film Special Mention:<\/b>\u00a0\u201cAli,\u201d Adnan Al Rajeev<\/p>\n

Golden Eye Documentary Prize:\u00a0<\/b>\u201cImago,\u201d D\u00e9ni Oumar Pitsaev<\/p>\n

Golden Eye Special Jury Prize:<\/b>\u00a0\u201cThe Six Billion Dollar Man,\u201d Eugene Jarecki<\/p>\n

Queer Palm:\u00a0<\/b>\u201cLittle Sister,\u201d Hafsia Heerzi<\/p>\n

Palme Dog:<\/b>\u00a0Panda, \u201cThe Love That Remains\u201d<\/p>\n

FIPRESCI Award (Competition):<\/b>\u00a0\u201cThe Secret Agent,\u201d Kleber Mendon\u00e7a Filho<\/p>\n

FIPRESCI Award (Un Certain Regard):\u00a0<\/b>\u201cUrchin,\u201d Harris Dickinson<\/p>\n

FIPRESCI Award (Parallel Sections):<\/b>\u00a0\u201cDandelion\u2019s Odyssey,\u201d Momoko Seto<\/p>\n

UN CERTAIN REGARD<\/b><\/p>\n

Un Certain Regard Award:<\/b>\u00a0\u201cThe Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo,\u201d Diego C\u00e9spedes<\/p>\n

Jury Prize:<\/b>\u00a0\u201cA Poet,\u201d Sim\u00f3n Mesa Soto<\/p>\n

Best Director Prize:<\/b>\u00a0Tarzan and Arab Nasser, \u201cOnce Upon a Time in Gaza\u201d<\/p>\n

Performance Awards:<\/b>\u00a0Cl\u00e9o Diara, \u201cI Only Rest in the Storm\u201d; Frank Dillane, \u201cUrchin\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Screenplay:<\/b>\u00a0Harry Lighton, \u201cPillion\u201d<\/p>\n

Special Mention:\u00a0<\/b>\u201cNorah,\u201d Tawfik Alzaidi<\/p>\n

DIRECTORS\u2019 FORTNIGHT<\/b><\/p>\n

Europa Cinemas Label:<\/b>\u00a0\u201cWild Foxes,\u201d Val\u00e9ry Carnoy<\/p>\n

Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize:<\/b>\u00a0\u201cWild Foxes,\u201d Val\u00e9ry Carnoy<\/p>\n

Audience Choice Award:\u00a0<\/b>\u201cThe President\u2019s Cake,\u201d Hasan Hadi<\/p>\n

CRITICS\u2019 WEEK<\/b><\/p>\n

Grand Prize:<\/b>\u00a0\u201cA Useful Ghost,\u201d Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke<\/p>\n

French Touch Prize:<\/b>\u00a0\u201cImago,\u201d D\u00e9ni Oumar Pitsaev<\/p>\n

GAN Foundation Award for Distribution:<\/b>\u00a0Le Pacte, \u201cLeft-Handed Girl\u201d<\/p>\n

Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award:<\/b>\u00a0Th\u00e9odore Pellerin, \u201cNino\u201d<\/p>\n

Leitz Cine Discovery Prize (short film):<\/b>\u00a0\u201cL\u2019mina,\u201d Randa Maroufi<\/p>\n

Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize:<\/b>\u00a0Guillermo Galoe and Victor Alonso-Berbel, \u201cSleepless City\u201d<\/p>\n

Canal+ Short Film Award:<\/b>\u00a0\u201cErogenesis,\u201d Xandra Popescu<\/p>\n

IMMERSIVE COMPETITION<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cFrom Dust,\u201d Michel van der Aa<\/p>\n

<\/ins><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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