Bali or the winner Jaafar Banahi He returned to Iran, where he got a hero.
Guardian The newspaper notes that after two days of demanding the first prize at the Cannes Film Festival this year, Banahi fell in TehranWith a video posted on social media, including footage published by Iranian director Mahdi Nadiri.
Banhahi had been prevented by leaving Iran, spent several times in detention and forced to make underground films, but he chose to attend the Cannes Festival personally, 22 years after his last trip there.
His prominent appearance means that some supporters were concerned about facing a problem in his return home, but Guardian Reports that his arrival at Tehran International Airport in the early hours of Monday went without an accident. Instead, he was happy by supporters who were waiting for a greeting to him, including one of them screaming, “Woman, Life, Freedom!” – The slogan of the protest movement 2022/23 in the country.
Banhai won the desired prize at the Cannes Festival for his movie It was just an accidentHe said after his victory:
“Let’s put all the problems, all the differences aside; the most important thing at the present time is our country and the freedom of our country.
“Let’s get to that moment together when no one dares to tell us what we must completely include, what we should say, and what we should not do … the cinema is a society. No one has the right to tell us what you must do, and what you should not do.”
His great victory has not been received by the phrase of rapture by the Iranian government media, which granted limited coverage in Banahi abroad.
The director’s victory is the first time Cherry In 1997.
