It Was Just an Accident' film editor talks about how he crafted the tension of the year's best political thriller.

It Was Just an Accident ( now streaming on VOD platforms like Amazon Prime Video) is more than just a film – it’s a righteous act of defiance. But that’s par for the course for director Jafar Panahi, ...

Filmmaker Jafar Panahi refuses to be silenced. Having been imprisoned twice by the Iranian government, Panahi was last released in 2023 and continues to resist censorship through his art. His latest ...

American filmmakers, for the most part, enjoy luxury and freedoms when making movies in the United States that filmmakers in other countries could only dream of. Not only does Iranian writer/director ...

From left: Cate Blanchett, Jafar Panahi (with his Palme d'Or) and Juliette Binoche at Cannes. Baz Bamigboye/Deadline EXCLUSIVE: Jafar Panahi, director of Palme d’Or winner and France’s powerful ...

It Was Just an Accident (2025)’s plot synopsis: “Vahid (Vahid Mobasseri), an unassuming mechanic, has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man that he strongly suspects to be his former sadistic ...

Neon has released the trailer for Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi‘s “It Was Just an Accident,” which won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The first film from Panahi since his release ...

Iranian director Jafar Panahi had to skip the New York Film Festival premiere of “It Was Just an Accident” because his visa could not be processed in time for the Oct. 2 screening. In addition, the ...