Arts24 in Cannes: Iranian Dissident Jafar Panahi Wins Palme d’Or for “It Was Just an Accident”

Arts Editor Eve Jackson and film critic Emma Jones take us through the winners of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, including the Palme d’Or-winning “It Was Just an Accident” by Iranian dissident Jafar Panahi. A powerful and symbolic moment – Panahi, long banned and imprisoned in Iran, hasn’t attended Cannes since 2003. His searing film about prisoners confronting their jailer echoes his own fight for artistic freedom.