2025 Cannes Film Festival: Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’ Wins the Palme d’Or

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He won Venice. He won the Berlinale. He now wins the Palme. With strong competition from the likes of Kleber Mendonça Filho, Oliver Laxe and Joachim Trier, it was finally Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident landing the top prize. Here are all the winners:

Palme d’Or – It Was Just an Accident
Grand Prix – Sentimental Value
Best Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho – The Secret Agent
Jury Prize: Sirat – Oliver Laxe / The Sound of Falling – Mascha Schilinski
Best Screenplay: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne – Young Mothers
Best Actor: Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
Best Actress: Nadia Melliti – La petite dernière
Special Prize: Resurrection – Bi Gan

Camera d’Or: The President’s Cake, dir: Hassan Hadi
Special Mention, Camera d’Or – My Father’s Shadow, dir: Akinola Davies Jr

Short Film Palme d’Or – I’m Glad You’re Dead Now, dir: Tawfeek Barhom
Special Mention, Short Film – Ali, dir: Adnan Al Rajeev

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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