Cannes 2025: ‘It Was Just an Accident’ by Iran’s Jafar Panahi wins Palme d’Or

Jafar Panahi’s revenge thriller “It Was Just an Accident”, an indictment of corruption and tyranny in the dissident Iranian filmmaker’s home country, won the Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, wrapping up a politically charged French Riviera gathering that was briefly disrupted on its final day when a suspected arson attack caused a major power outage.