India, May 24 -- The Cannes Film Festival handed over the official awards during the closing ceremony of the 78th edition on the last day. The president of the main jury Juliette Binoche announced that the top prize of the festival went to It Was Just an Accident, directed by acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi. (Also read: Alia Bhatt stuns in a sultry saree for the closing ceremony of Cannes Film Festival)

Jafar Panahi returned to Cannes after a 14-year travel ban by the Iranian government with this new feature film. He had first come to Cannes in 1995 with The White Balloon, which won the Camera d'Or. In the next few years, he premiered Crimson Gold which won the Jury Award in 2003, This is Not a Film in 2011, and 3 Faces in 2018 ...