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It Was Just an Accident

2025

IMDb

Jafar Panahi

2025·PG-13·IranIran, FranceFrance, LULU
Award tierGold
Metascore
CrimeDramaMysteryThrillerIndieWorld

An unassuming mechanic is reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he encounters a man he suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, he rounds up a few of his fellow ex-prisoners to confirm the man's identity.

Cast

Vahid Mobasseri·Ebrahim Azizi·Mariam Afshari·Hadis Pakbaten

Producers

Sandrine Dumas·Lilian Eche·Christel Henon·Philippe Martin·Jafar Panahi

Languages

IranPersian

Major Awards

3 wins · 12 nominations

Wins (3)

Festival Grand Prize

Cannes Film Festival (2025)

Palme d'Or

Jafar Panahi

Best Director

New York Film Critics Circle Awards (2025)

Best Director

Jafar Panahi
Gotham Awards (2025)

Best Director

Jafar Panahi

Nominations (12)

Best Picture

César Awards, France (2026)

Best Film (Meilleur film)

Jafar PanahiPhilippe Martin
BAFTA Awards (2026)

Best Film Not in the English Language

Jafar PanahiPhilippe Martin
Goya Awards (2026)

Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (2026)

Best Film Not in the English Language

London Critics Circle Film Awards (2026)

Foreign Language Film of the Year

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (2025)

Best Film Not in the English Language

Golden Globes, USA (2026)

Best Motion Picture - Drama

European Film Awards (2026)

European Film

Jafar PanahiSandrine DumasPhilippe MartinChristel Henon
European Film Awards (2025)

European Film

Jafar PanahiSandrine DumasPhilippe MartinChristel Henon
British Independent Film Awards (2025)

Best International Independent Film, Sponsored by Champagne Taittinger

Jafar PanahiPhilippe Martin

Best Director

Golden Globes, USA (2026)

Best Director - Motion Picture

Jafar Panahi

Best Screenplay

Golden Globes, USA (2026)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Jafar Panahi