Cannes 2025: Awards; Young Mothers; Sentimental Value; Resurrection

The cinema world was quick to juxtapose an image from the climax of this year's award ceremony--where Iranian director Jafar Panahi took home the Palme d'Or for his generously-received It Was Just an Accident--alongside one in which this year's jury president Juliette Binoche protested Panahi's 2010 arrest and imprisonment while she accepted her Best Actress prize for Certified Copy. The latter image, one of the most indelible of recent Cannes history, also circulated a bit after the lineup was ...