2026 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist’s Updates Following Venice and Telluride
For Oscar pundits, phase one is now complete. The “way too early” stretch when predictions are stitched together from Sundance or Cannes crumbs is in... Read More
it was just an accident
Telluride Silver Medallion and Tribute to Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi, Reflecting on ‘It Was Just an Accident’ and Lifelong Political Filmography
The Sheridan Opera House in Telluride, Colorado has seen legendary, subversive non-American filmmakers celebrated by the Telluride Film Festival over the past 52 years. From... Read More
NEON Sets October Release for Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or Winner ‘It Was Just an Accident’
NEON announced today that they will release Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just An Accident in theaters on October 15. The film, which premiered In Competition... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (June)
With Cannes in the rear view mirror we find ourselves midyear and with it, winners like It Was Just an Accident, Sentimental Value, Sound of... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 288 – 2025 Cannes: The Winners, the Losers, the Coughing
The 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival has ended but not without a few bumps along the way, including a full city power outage... Read More
Jafar Panahi has won the Palme d’Or of the 78th Cannes Film Festival for his politically and personally inspired film It Was Just an Accident,... Read More
Each new film by Jafar Panahi feels like a blessing, especially since the Iranian filmmaker has been subject to prison, house arrests, travel and work... Read More
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