Iranian dissident director Jafar Panahi won the Palme d’Or top prize at the Cannes film festival yesterday, using his acceptance speech to urge his country ...

Jafar Panahi, who was banned from making films in 2010 and has been imprisoned twice, used his own experiences in jail to ...

This year's Palme d'Or award went to a 64-year-old Iranian filmmaker, who was banned from making films in 2010 and has been ...