Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, the first Arab and African director to win the Cannes Palme d’Or, has died aged 91. His family confirmed last week he died at his home in Algiers on May 23, the same day ...

An intense rapport, as it turned out: on the closing night of the festival, Panahi was presented with the top prize, the Palme d’Or, by specially invited Cate Blanchett. Introducing the award ...

Sydney Film Festival's 2025 'Jafar Panahi: Cinema in Rebellion' retrospective just gained the best guest possible: the filmmaker himself. There's launching with a bang, as every major film festival ...

In June 2020 the Swedish police announced that they were finally closing their investigation into the February 1986 murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme. They named Stig Engstrom, the so-called ...