Special Presentations
It Was Just an Accident
Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, is suddenly reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid gathers several former prisoners, all abused by that same captor, to try and confirm Eghbal's identity. Master filmmaker Jafar Panahi creates a deeply felt moral thriller in this Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner, where high stakes tension combines with unexpected flurries of humor and thoughtful, sometimes devastating questions regarding persecution and revenge versus compassion and understanding. A Neon release.
Presented in Persian with English subtitles.
2026 Academy Award for Best International Feature Film Official Selection — France
DIRECTOR
Jafar Panahi
PRODUCERS
Jafar Panahi
Philippe Martin
WRITER
Jafar Panahi
CAST
Vahid Mobasseri
Mariam Afshari
Ebrahim Azizi
Hadis Pakbaten
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
One of the world’s great cinema artists, Jafar Panahi has been crafting self-reflexive works about political, artistic, and personal freedom for the past three decades, despite being banned from filmmaking by the government of his native Iran since 2010.