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Jafar Panahi wins Palme d'Or at a politically charged Cannes Festival

Quotes

    • 88:88
      We live in a time of tremendous excess and saturation of images. Moving images are being thrown at us all the time,
      The Independent
      said Trier
    • 88:88
      Jeremy Strong
      That was our wish.”
      The Independent
      Asked about the two prizes, juror Jeremy Strong explained, simply
    • 88:88
      The film springs from a feeling of resistance, survival, which is absolutely necessary today,
      The Independent
      Binoche told reporters after the ceremony
    • 88:88
      Hoping that we will reach a day when no one will tell us what to wear or not wear, what to do or not do,
      The Korea Times
      he said, in an apparent reference to Iran's strict Islamic dress code for women
    • 88:88
      I believe this is the moment to call on all people, all Iranians, with all their differing opinions, wherever they are in the world – in Iran or abroad – to allow me to ask for one thing,
      CNA
      Panahi said, according to a translation
    • 88:88
      Who is going to do my hair? There's no electricity, oh my God, I'm like in a panic attack,
      Hindustan Times
      Mahra Lutfi, Miss Universe UAE, told AFP as she prepared to walk the red carpet
    • 88:88
      Abbas Kiarostami
      The world's largest film festival made history for Iranian cinema,
      Hindustan Times
      it report, recalling the first win in 1997 by Abbas Kiarostami, who was also banned and jailed
    • 88:88
      Not at all. Tomorrow we are leaving."
      Hindustan Times
      When asked on Saturday evening if he was worried about flying home, he replied
    • 88:88
      Let's set aside all problems, all differences. What matters most right now is our country and the freedom of our country,
      Japan Today
      he told the VIP-studded audience on the French Riviera
    • 88:88
      This is a film that emerges from a place of resistance, a place of survival, and it felt essential to bring it put it on top today,
      Japan Today
      she told reporters afterwards
    • 88:88
      I'm alive as long as I'm making films. If I'm not making films, then what happens to me no longer matters,
      Japan Today
      he told AFP this week
    • 88:88
      No one has the right to tell you what you (filmmakers) should do and what you should not do,
      Japan Today
      he told the audience, according to remarks in Persian which were translated into French by an interpreter
    • 88:88
      I believe that cinemas build the character of a film.”
      The New York Times
      After he praised Cannes, he gave a lusty shout-out to the theatrical experience
    • 88:88
      Kleber Mendonça Filho
      I love him very much.”
      The New York Times
      Its director, Kleber Mendonça Filho, accepted on behalf of the star, saying
    • 88:88
      Jeremy Strong
      My friends, this is the end — it was such a show,
      The New York Times
      she said, turning to her fellow jurists, who included the American actor Jeremy Strong and the Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia
    • 88:88
      Juliette Binoche
      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,
      Aljazeera
      said jury president Juliette Binoche when announcing the award
    • 88:88
      The first time I was in prison I was in solitary confinement,
      Guardian
      Panahi said last week
    • 88:88
      I think it’s been the end of the world for a long time,
      CNN
      he replies
    • 88:88
      Is this what the end of the world looks like?”
      CNN
      a man wonders amid the bare expanse of Moroccan desert
    • 88:88
      Tom Cruise
      Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,
      CNN
      a continuation of 2023’s “Dead Reckoning” storyline and AI baddie, had Tom Cruise facing down nuclear Armageddon