At the Cannes Film Festival, Jafar Panahi's film, It Was Just an Accident, won the Palme d'Or award, highlighting corruption and state violence in Iran. The film, inspired by Panahi's own incarceration, tells the story of Vahid, who kidnaps a man resembling his torturer. The festival audience celebrated Panahi, who had faced numerous travel bans and prison sentences for his dissenting work. Jury president Juliette Binoche commended art's transformative power, while Panahi emphasized the significance of working toward a brighter future for his country.
Art mobilises the creative energy of the most precious, most alive part of us. A force that transforms darkness into forgiveness, hope and new life.
On stage, Panahi said what mattered most was the future of his country. Let us join forces, Panahi said. No one should tell us what kind of clothes we should wear.
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