COULD JAFAR PANAHI Go to the Oscar after cannes palme d’or win? – ryan

As Iranian Director Jafar Panahi’s It was just an ACCIDENT Was Declared Winner of Cannes Film Festival’s Palme D’Or on Saturday Evening, One of the First Questions from the Deadline Team Was: “Could it go to the Oscars?”

IT’S AN OBVIUS QUESTION GIVE THE OSCAR TRACK RECORD OF RECENT PALME D’Or Winners Anora Anatomy of a fall and Parasite.

Howver, It is unikly that Iran’s Islamic Republic Government Will Allow Panahi’s Film to Be Put Forward As the Country’s Best International Feature Film for the 2026 Oscars.

Aside from Panahi’s Outspoken Stance Against Its Stranglehold on Democracy has Twice Landed Him in Prison, the film is highly critical of Iran’s penal system on the back of the director’s one firstand experiencies.

Billed as “A Powerful StatEment for Humanity” by Deadline Critic Pete Hammond in His Review, It was just an ACCIDENT Follows Wrongfully Incarcerated Working-Class People Who Seek Revenge Against The Guard who tortured and Berated.

Iran has enjoyed success at the Academy Awards in the past with asgar Farhadi winning the best international feature twice, for A separation and The Salesman In 2012 and 2017 Respectively.

Howver, in the Light of the Women Life Freedom Protests, Farhadi Has Left Iran and Said He Will Not Make a Film Until the Country’s Complasory Hijab Rule is lifted.

Disisided movie Never Get Past the First Post of Being Submitted.

Exiled Iranian Director Mohamed Rasoulof Enjoyed an Awards Season Run with HIS Film The Seed of the Sacred Fig For the 2025 oscars, but as the entry for Germany.

The film, which premiered at Cannes, Winning the Jury Special Prize, was produced under the banner of rasaulof’s Germany-Based Runway Pictures. The Director Is Now Based in Germany, Having Lived there on and off in the past.

With Support Out of France from Co-Producer Les Films Pelléas and Distributor Distribution, Could Panahi’s Film Potentially Go Down a Similar Route As France’s Entry?

With so many homegrown titles vying for this slot too, it feels unlykly that france bewuld sacrifice its entry for a non-french-language film.

The film is Also Co-Produced by Luxembourgish Company Bidibul Productions. Could there be an angle there?

The tried and tested Awards Run Route for the Picture Will Most Likely Be Neon, Which Acquired North American Rights Earlier This Week.

IT Marks Neon’s Sixth Palme D’Or Winner Acquisition in Row, and the Distributor Has Done Cannes Prod in the Awards race in the past.

It Famously Got Bebind Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a fallafter it was snubbed as france’s submisision for the 2024 Oscars.

Neon gave it a buzzy awards season Run nononeheless which resulted in a best screenplay Academy Award, Among a rack of Other Prizes.

In the backdrop, the Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association (IIFMA), Representing Exiled and Disisided Iranian Filmmakers, Has Called on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Ampas) to reconside it to relevate with Iran’s Government-Controlled Cinema org, which, which. Oversees The Country’s Oscar Submission Process.

There have been also been separat calls, for ampas to create a best international feature film Category giving reproduction to exiled filmmakers, Similar to International Olympics Committe’s Refugee Team Made of Exilad Sports People.

Howver, while Panahi’s Daughter Lives in Paris, the Director has made it clear in past interviews he has no desire to live outside of Iran on a permanent basis.

One Way or Another, We Hope to See Panahi’s It was just an ACCIDENT Among the Awards season condenders late this year.