Iranian directors Jafar Panahi and Saeed Roustayee are both in Cannes

Dissident Iran's Jafar Panahi walked on the steps of the red carpet of Montées des Marches, the Cannes Film Festival, on Tuesday, to the world premiere, and he secretly shot his new film "It's just an accident, it's a historic moment, a 14-year ban on making movies, conducting interviews and traveling abroad.

Panahi is known for her award-winning works such as "Circle", "Offside", "This is Not a Movie", "Taxi", and more recently "Bearless" - arrested in Tehran in 2023.

Iranian authorities lifted his ban in April 2023. Panahi's presence in Cannes seems to be a signal that Iran has changed course amid escalating tensions after her death in September 2022 in September 2022, when she was detained while she was allegedly wearing a loose hijack.

“It was just an accident,” filmed in Iran without a license, reflecting the widespread rebellion against the nation’s mandatory hijab rules.

By contrast, the women in Saeed Roustayee's "Women and Children" are covered in veil. "Women and Children" (will premiere in Cannes on Thursday with the director - director's "Leila's Brothers" started from Cannes in 2022. Claims he sold the Iranian government. Roustayee strongly rejected the claim.

Roustayee, who recently received a fierce defense from Iran's Helmer Mohammad Rasoulof, who escaped from Iran to Europe in May 2024, was sentenced to prison in the country's authorities for being sentenced to "Sacred Seeds" for "Sacred Seeds" which premiered last year with the director on Tow at the Cannes Film Festival.

“My fourth film is about a woman who stands in front of all her men, and a patriarchal society, deprives her of all rights, including the right to be a mother,” Rustai said in a statement to her. type.

He added: "Hide is not my choice, but part of our life in Iran. It is a law against women, but we are used to resisting freedom from within," he added.