It Was Just an Accident (2025)

It Was Just an Accident

2025

It Was Just an Accident

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.

ReleasedOctober 15, 2025

DirectorJafar Panahi

WriterJafar Panahi

StarringVahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten

Thriller Drama Crime Mystery

Scores

Letterboxd3.97

IMDb7.5

Rotten Tomatoes84%

Metacritic91

Box Office

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Cast

Vahid Mobasseri

Vahid Mobasseri

Vahid

Mariam Afshari

Mariam Afshari

Shiva

Ebrahim Azizi

Ebrahim Azizi

Eghbal

Hadis Pakbaten

Hadis Pakbaten

Golrokh

Majid Panahi

Majid Panahi

Ali

Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr

Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr

Hamid

George Hashemzadeh

George Hashemzadeh

Salar

Delmaz Najafi

Eghbal's Daughter

Afsaneh Najm Abadi

Eghbal's Wife

Omid Reza

Vahid's Colleague

Ali Rastegari

The Doctor

Mohsen Maleki

Security Guard

Crew

Jafar Panahi

Jafar Panahi

Director

Jafar Panahi

Jafar Panahi

Screenplay

Amin Jafari

Director of Photography

Jafar Panahi

Jafar Panahi

Producer

Philippe Martin

Philippe Martin

Producer

Studios & Companies

Production

Jafar Panahi Productions

Les Films Pelléas

Bidibul Productions

ARTE France Cinéma

Opening Weekend$68K

Domestic$1.8M

International$8.5M

Worldwide$9.6M

Est. Budget$6.0M

Est. Marketing (FD Est.)$2.7M

Est. Profit+$903K

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Awards

6Nominations

0Wins

Academy Awards2 noms

Best International Feature FilmBest Original Screenplay

Golden Globes4 noms

Best Motion Picture – DramaBest DirectorBest ScreenplayBest Foreign Language Film

Spirit Awards0 noms

0 Nominations

0 Nominations

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