Cannes Film Festival 2025: At the end of a very political competition, Jafar Panahi holds the rope

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Jafar Panahi and the team of the film “A Simple Accident” on May 20 at the Cannes Film Festival. GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO / EPA/MAXPPP
The Cannes Film Festival concludes on Saturday, May 24. Just hours before the awards ceremony and the Palme d'Or presentation by the jury chaired by Juliette Binoche, we take a look back at a competition that oscillated between politically engaged films and formally bold, but not always convincing, gestures.
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