Barred Iran director s son follows his footsteps to Cannes
In this file photo taken on May 19, 2018 Iranian actress and daughter of Jafar Panahi Solmaz Panahi (R) and Iranian actor and son of Jafar Panahi Panah Panahi arrive for the closing ceremony and the screening of the film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote at the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. You might think the family business did not seem so inviting to young Iranian film-maker Panah Panahi, given that his acclaimed father has faced years of persecution at the hands of the authorities. But the 37-year-old made a splash at the Cannes film festival this weekend, presenting his first film Hit the Road at an event that his father, Jafar Panahi, has been blocked from attending by Tehran for more than a decade. Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP.