Palme d’Or winner Jafar Panahi has returned to Iran, the place he was given a hero’s welcome.
The Guardian newspaper studies that, two days after claiming the highest prize at this 12 months’s Cannes Movie Competition, Panahi touched down in Tehran, with video of his posted on social media, together with footage posted by Iranian director Mehdi Naderi.
Panahi had beforehand been banned from leaving Iran, spent a number of occasions in detention and been compelled to make movies underground, however selected to attend the Cannes Movie Competition in individual, 22 years after his most up-to-date journey there.
His excessive profile meant some supporters had been involved he would run into hassle on his return residence, however The Guardian studies that his arrival at Tehran Worldwide Airport within the early hours of Monday went with out incident. As an alternative he was cheered by supporters ready to greet him, together with one shouting “Girl, life, freedom!” – the slogan of the 2022/23 protest motion within the nation.
Panahi gained the coveted award in Cannes for his movie It Was Simply an Accident, and mentioned after his victory:
“Let’s put all the issues, all of the variations apart; an important factor proper now could be our nation and our nation’s freedom.
“Let’s attain that second collectively when nobody dares to inform us what we must always utterly embrace, what we must always say, what we shouldn’t do… Cinema is a society. Nobody has the best to inform us what it is best to do, what you shouldn’t do.”
His massive win was not greeted with rapture by Iranian state media, who gave Panahi’s abroad win restricted protection.
The director’s win is the primary time an Iranian filmmaker has walked away with the highest award at Cannes because the late Abbas Kiarostami gained for Style of Cherry in 1997.
