Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident,” winner of the 2025 Cannes Palme d’Or, explores how a small mishap spirals into life ...

"I have a family too, I understand." Neon has debuted the official trailer for the acclaimed, award-winning new film from beloved Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi titled It Was Just an Accident. The ...

Neon, essentially the Palme d'Or distributor of record at this point, will release the film on October 15, with a national ...

Iranian director Ali Ahmadzadeh, who won Locarno’s Golden Leopard for his clandestinely shot film Critical Zone in 2023 , ...

A trailer for a new thriller reveals the first look at the buzziest Oscar contender of the year so far, with a perfect 100% ...

Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man 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 ...

Instead, It Was Just an Accident — made after Panahi’s release from prison in 2023, and scheduled for release October 15 by Neon — initially resembles the films of Panahi’s friend and former fellow ...

Director Jafar Panahi poses for a portrait photograph for the film 'It Was Just an Accident' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 21, 2025.

Jafar Panahi ’s wife Tahereh Saeedi issued a fresh appeal for her imprisoned husband to be released as his period of captivity entered 200 days, in an Instagram post on Thursday.

At 20, Jafar Panahi's studies were interrupted by the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988). He served in the military from 1980-1982, producing a war documentary for Iranian television during that time.