Iranian dissident auteur and Cannes Palme d’Or 2025 winner Jafar Panahi ( It Was Just an Accident ) didn’t make it to the U.K. for a planned Friday Screen Talk event at the 69th edition of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF).

“Regrettably, the in-person Jafar Panahi Screen Talk is canceled due to a scheduling conflict,” the festival said in a statement midday on Friday. “The Screen Talk will now be recorded and made available online for free, exclusively first on BFI Player, and then on BFI YouTube.” The timing of the digital release wasn’t immediately clear.

Iranian dissident auteur and Cannes Palme d’Or 2025 winner Jafar Panahi ( It Was Just an Accident ) didn’t make it to the U.K. for a planned Friday Screen Talk event at the 69th edition of the BFI Lond

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