Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his revenge thriller 맥스카지노�It Was Just an Accident,맥스카지노� handing the festival's top prize to a director who had been banned from leaving Iran for more than 15 years.Related video above 맥스카지노� Oscars Flashback: What movie stars wanted to be when they grew upCate Blanchett presented the award to Panahi, who three years ago was imprisoned in Iran before going on a hunger strike. For a decade and a half, he has made films clandestinely in his native country, including one film ("This Is Not a Film") made in his living room, and another ("Taxi") set in a car.The crowd rose in a thunderous standing ovation for the filmmaker, who immediately threw up his arms and leaned back in his seat in disbelief before applauding his collaborators and the audience around him. On stage, Panahi was cheered by Cannes jury president Juliette Binoche, who in 2010 in Cannes held up Panahi's name to honor the director when he was under house arrest.On stage, Panahi said what mattered most was freedom in his country.맥스카지노�Let us join forces,맥스카지노� said Panahi. 맥스카지노�No one should dare tell us what kind of clothes we should wear, what we should do or what we should not do. The cinema is a society. Nobody is entitled to tell what we should or refrain from doing.맥스카지노�The win for 맥스카지노�It Was Just an Accident맥스카지노� extends an unprecedented streak: The indie distributor Neon has now backed the last six Palme d'Or winners. The latest triumph for Neon, which acquired 맥스카지노�It Was Just an Accident맥스카지노� for North American distribution after its premiere in Cannes, follows its Palmes for 맥스카지노�Parasite,맥스카지노� 맥스카지노�Titane,맥스카지노� 맥스카지노�Triangle of Sadness,맥스카지노� 맥스카지노�Anatomy of a Fall,맥스카지노� and 맥스카지노�Anora.맥스카지노�All those films were Oscar contenders, and two 맥스카지노� 맥스카지노�Parasite맥스카지노� and 맥스카지노�Anora맥스카지노� 맥스카지노� won best picture.Last year, filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran to attend the premiere of his film in Cannes and resettle in Germany. Panahi, though, has said that, unlike his friend Rasoulof, life in exile isn't for him. He planned to fly home to Tehran on Sunday.맥스카지노�It Was Just an Accident맥스카지노� was inspired by Panahi's experience in prison. In the film, a group of former prisoners encounter the man who terrorized them in jail, and weigh whether or not to kill him.Panahi was jailed in Tehran맥스카지노�s Evin Prison after going there to inquire about the then-jailed Rasoulof. Panahi was released in 2023 after going on a hunger strike.In 2009, he was banned from traveling out of Iran after attending the funeral of a student killed in the Green Movement protests. Through those years, Panahi continued to make films illegally in Iran, without permit, and having his films smuggled to festivals on USB drives. His travel ban was lifted after his release in 2023.맥스카지노�The film springs from a feeling of resistance, survival, which is absolutely necessary today,맥스카지노� Binoche told reporters after the ceremony. 맥스카지노�Art will always win. What is human will always win.맥스카지노�The Cannes closing ceremony followed a major power outage that struck southeastern 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.맥스카지노�A day without electricity," sighed John C. Reilly, who sang an English-language 맥스카지노�La Vie En Rose맥스카지노� at the ceremony. The festival's films, he said, supplied 맥스카지노�all the needed electricity."Other winners at the 2025 Cannes Film FestivalThe Grand Prix, or second prize, was awarded to Joachim Trier맥스카지노�s Norwegian family drama 맥스카지노�Sentimental Value,맥스카지노� his lauded follow-up to 맥스카지노�The Worst Person in the World.맥스카지노� Some had expected 맥스카지노�Sentimental Value맥스카지노� to win the Palme, but Trier 맥스카지노� whose film reunites him with actor Renate Reinsve 맥스카지노� still took a major prize.맥스카지노�We live in a time of tremendous excess and saturation of images. Moving images are being thrown at us all the time," said Trier. "And I want to give homage to the Cannes Film Festival for being a place where the big cinematic image, which is the foundation of the moving image, the free image, the image that we take time to look at, the image where we can identify with each other in contemplation and empathy, to be cherished in this place in such a way is very important in this moment.맥스카지노�Kleber Mendonça Filho맥스카지노�s Brazilian political thriller 맥스카지노�The Secret Agent" won two big awards: best director for Filho and best actor for Wagner Moura. Though Cannes juries are generally urged to spread awards around, the two for 맥스카지노�The Secret Agent맥스카지노� showed the jury's strong feelings for it. Asked about the two prizes, juror Jeremy Strong explained, simply, 맥스카지노�That was our wish.맥스카지노�The wins, which followed the international film Oscar victory for Walter Salles' 맥스카지노�I'm Still Here맥스카지노� in March, gave Brazil more to celebrate. On X, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said the awards 맥스카지노�show that our country맥스카지노�s cinema is second to none.맥스카지노�The jury prize was split between two films: Óliver Laxe맥스카지노�s desert road trip 맥스카지노�Sirât " and Mascha Schilinski's German, generation-spanning drama 맥스카지노�Sound of Falling.맥스카지노� Best actress went to Nadia Melliti for 맥스카지노�The Little Sister,맥스카지노� Hafsia Herzi's French coming-of-age drama.The Belgian brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, who are two-time Palme d'Or winners, won best screenplay for their latest drama, 맥스카지노�Young Mothers.맥스카지노� It's their ninth prize in Cannes. The festival's award for best first film, the Camera d'Or, went to Hasan Hadi for 맥스카지노�The President's Cake,맥스카지노� making it the first Iraqi film to win an award at the festival.What else shaped Cannes this yearSaturday's ceremony brings to a close the 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, U.S. President Donald Trump floated the idea of a 100% tariff on movies made overseas.Most filmmakers responded with a shrug, calling the plan illogical. 맥스카지노�Can you hold up the movie in customs? It doesn맥스카지노�t ship that way,맥스카지노� said Wes Anderson, who premiered his latest, 맥스카지노�The Phoenician Scheme맥스카지노� at the festival. At the opening ceremony, honorary Palme d'Or recipient Robert De Niro called Trump 맥스카지노�America's philistine president.맥스카지노�Other top American films in Cannes included Spike Lee's 맥스카지노�Highest 2 Lowest맥스카지노� (which pulled Lee away from his New York Knicks but not out of their blue and orange color), the Christopher McQuarrie-Tom Cruise actioner 맥스카지노�Mission: Impossible 맥스카지노� Final Reckoning," and Ari Aster's 맥스카지노�Eddington,맥스카지노� which found a divisive reaction.Panahi's win put him in rare company. He's now won Cannes' Palme d'Or, Venice's Golden Lion (for 맥스카지노�The Circle맥스카지노�) and Berlin's Golden Bear (for 맥스카지노�Taxi맥스카지노�). Only three other filmmakers have done that: Henri-Georges Clouzot, Michelangelo Antonioni and Robert Altman.Addressing reporters after his win, Panahi spoke about filmmakers and artists always being able to find a way, 맥스카지노�even in complicated situations.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�They must realize that no powers that be can halt such people in their tracks,맥스카지노� said Panahi. 맥스카지노�You have this power.맥스카지노�