Adam Plowright, Alice Hackman and Fiachra Gibbons

As the Cannes film festival hands out its prizes, AFP looks back at some of the highlights of a politically charged fortnight of screenings and celebrity sightings. The festival began on May 13 with a flap about a new dress […]

“It Was Just an Accident” by dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the Palme d’Or for best film at the Cannes Festival on Saturday. The highly political but wry film tells the tale of five ordinary Iranians confronted with a