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It Was Just an Accident (2025)

Name: It Was Just an Accident
Director: Jafar Panahi
Genre: drama film
Rating: 7.4

It Was Just an Accident is a 2025 political thriller film written and directed by Jafar Panahi. The film is a co-production between Iran, France, and Luxembourg. The film follows a group of former Iranian political prisoners who face the question of whether to exact revenge on a man they believe may be their tormentor. Panahi, who is critical of the Iranian government and has been imprisoned several times, made the…

Directed by Jafar Panahi · Shot by Amin Jafari

Behind the scenes

How Jafar Panahi Risked His Freedom to Make 'It Was Just an Accident' | Vanity Fair — Vanity Fair · 11 min
Jafar Panahi and Martin Scorsese on It Was Just an Accident and Rebellious Filmmaking — Film at Lincoln Center · 68 min
Jafar Panahi on It Was Just an Accident — Film at Lincoln Center · 23 min
It Was Just an Accident Introduction at the 63rd New York Film Festival — Film at Lincoln Center · 11 min
It Was Just an Accident Producers on Jafar Panahi's Rebellious Spirit — Film at Lincoln Center · 14 min
Jafar Panahi's 'It Was Just an Accident' is a Revenge Thriller Made Without Film Permits — Oscars · 7 min

Elsewhere

More by Jafar Panahi

The White Balloon — 1994
The Mirror — 1997
The Circle — 2000
Crimson Gold — 2003
Offside — 2006
Persian Carpet — 2006
This Is Not a Film — 2011
Closed Curtain — 2013
Taxi — 2015
Three Faces — 2018
The Year of the Everlasting Storm — 2021
No Bears — 2022

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