Iranian filmmaker and dissident Jafar Panahi received the palm d’Or in Cannes this Saturday, May 24 for his film A simple accidentHe became hidden. The 64 -year -old filmmaker was able to go to Cannes for the first time in 15 years and receive his prize, awarded by the president of the jury Juliet Binoche.
The night was also marked by a prize for France. French actress Nadia Melliti received, at 23, the women’s interpretation award for her first role in the cinema, in The last little one By Hafsia Herzi. The modesty narrative of the sexual and sentimental emancipation of a young Muslim homosexual.
The Brazilian thriller The secret agent Kleber Mendonça FilhNarcos), who camp a teacher tracked for mysterious reasons in the middle of a military dictatorship in Brazil in the 1970s.
The Grand Prix was finally awarded to melodrama Sentimental value of the Norwegian Joachim Trier. After Julie (in 12 chapters)The director finds his actress Renate Reinsve for a study of love and duel, professional success, suicide and failed paternity.
Discover the winner of the Cannes Festival 2025:
- Palma d’Or – A simple accident of Jafar Panahi
- Grand Prix – Sentimental value of Joachim Trier
- Staging price – The secret agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Women’s Interpretation Award – Nadia Melliti in The last little one of Hafsia Herzi
- Male interpretation price – Wagner Moura in The secret agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Jury Award – SIRAT of Oliver Laxe and Fall sound By Mascha Schilinski
- Stage Award – Youths By Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
- Special price – Resurrection Bi gan
- Golden Chamber – The president’s cake by Hasan Hadi
- Palma d’Or of the short film – I’m glad you’re dead now From Tawfeek Barhom
Source: BFM TV
