'It Was Just an Accident' wins the Palme d'Or
Filmmaker Jafar Panahi poses with the Palme d'Or award. Photo: AFP
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his revenge thriller 'It Was Just an Accident".
Panahi's win put him in rare company. He's now won Cannes' Palme d'Or, Venice's Golden Lion (for 'The Circle') and Berlin's Golden Bear (for 'Taxi'). Only three other filmmakers have done that: Henri-Georges Clouzot, Michelangelo Antonioni and Robert Altman.
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 Mendonça Filho's Brazilian political thriller 'The Secret Agent" won two big awards: best director for Filho and best actor for Wagner Moura.
The jury prize was split between two films: Óliver Laxe's desert road trip 'Sirât " 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 Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, who are two-time Palme d'Or winners, won best screenplay for their latest drama, 'Young Mothers.' Its their ninth prize in Cannes. The festival's award for best first film, the Camera d'Or, went to Hasan Hadi for 'The President's Cake,' making it the first Iraqi film to win an award at the festival. (AP)
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