"It Was Just an Accident" from Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi is nominated for the Best Foreign Film and Best Original ...

As the protests unfolded, the Iranian director was in Los Angeles to promote his latest film, “It Was Just an Accident,” a fixture of awards season.

Jafar Abbasnejad—known to his family, friends, and all who loved him as “Aziz,” the beloved—passed away peacefully in his sleep on Saturday, January 3, 2026, after a battle with cancer. He was 84 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In Jafar Panahi’s acclaimed thriller “It Was Just an Accident,” it’s a distinct sound that alerts Vahid (Vahid ...

The director, who in 2025 won Cannes' Palme d'Or for 'It Was Just an Accident,' was sentenced to one year in prison in absentia early December. By Lily Ford Palme d’Or-winning director Jafar Panahi ...

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We’re still recovering from the epic season finale of It: Welcome to Derry, which saw the 1962 defeat of Pennywise. And one of the most twisted parts found Bill Skarsgård’s Pennywise singing a ...

Nevertheless, Panahi has continued to film without official permission. He managed to shoot five films this way, including Taxi Tehran which won the Golden Bear at the 2015 Berlinale. Shortly after ...

He won best director, original screenplay and international feature for “It Was Just an Accident.” Best feature went to “One Battle After Another.” By Kyle Buchanan “One Battle After Another” was ...

Jafar Panahi dedicated his Gotham Award for Best Screenplay for It Was Just an Accident “to independent filmmakers in Iran and around the world” the same day the Iranian director was sentenced in ...

“It Was Just an Accident” filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to one year in prison in Iran. In addition to the prison sentence in abstentia, the Palme d’Or winner was hit with a two-year travel ...

More than seven months after acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his latest film, It Was Just an Accident, and one day after Panahi’s U.S. tour ...