It Was Just an Accident (12A)

Winner of the 2025 Palme d’Or and nominated for Best International Feature at the upcoming Golden Globes, Jafar Panahi’s latest is a searing parable of state violence and revenge. 

Mechanic Vahid (Vahid Mobasseri) was once imprisoned by Iranian authorities and interrogated blindfolded. One day, a man named Eghbal (Ebrahim Azizi) enters his garage. His prosthetic leg creaks, and Vahid thinks he hears a former torturer. Should he take his vengeance or let him go? 

Veteran filmmaker and democratic activist Panahi (Taxi Tehran, No Bears) interrogates the possibility of justice for people who have committed atrocious acts.

“A taut and twisting revenge thriller” ★★★★ BBC Film