DVD, Blu-ray & 4K Ultra HD: IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT / YEK TASADOF-E SADEH (2025) - Criterion Collection

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Product Description: In this Palme d’Or winner from the Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi, a chance encounter sets in motion an urgent moral thriller. When a stranded driver (Ebrahim Azizi) walks into his shop, mechanic Vahid (Vahid Mobasseri) believes he has come face-to-face with Eqbal, a notoriously brutal guard who tortured him during his political imprisonment. Gathering a band of fellow former inmates and other allies, Vahid sets out to take justice into his own hands—but does he have the right man? Shot in secret after Panahi’s longtime ban from filmmaking in his home country, It Was Just an Accident is a tour de force of sustained tension and mordant humor, provocatively shifting perspectives to examine vital questions of trauma and revenge.

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IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT / YEK TASADEF SADEH (2025) - Trailer, Clip, Images and Posters

"It Was Just an Accident" ("Yek tasadef sadeh") is an Iran-France-Luxembourg co-produced thriller written and directed by Jafar Panahi. The cast includes Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten Majid Panahi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr, Delnaz Najafi, Afssaneh Najmabadi and Georges Hashemzadeh.

The film premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Palme d'Or. It opened in theaters in France on October 1, 2025. In the US it was released in select theaters on October 15th, and via streaming on December 16th.

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New Trailers: SWIPED, ELEANOR THE GREAT, PLAINCLOTHES, JUST BREATHE, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT and FAIRYLAND

Today we have new trailers for:

• The Hulu/Disney+ biographical drama "Swiped" starring Lily James and Dan Stevens. James stars as Whitney Wolfe, the creator of the online dating app Bumble. The film is directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg ("Unpregnant").
• The drama "Eleanor the Great" directed by Scarlett Johansson in her directorial debut. The film stars 95-year-old actress June Squibb ("Thelma", "Nebraska") alongside Erin Kellyman, Jessica Hecht and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
• The thriller "Plainclothes" starring Tom Blyth ("The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes") and Russell Tovey ("Being Human").
• The thiller "Just Breathe" starring Kyle Gallner and Shawn Ashmore.
• The Palme d'Or winning thriller "It Was Just an Accident" from Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi.
• Sofia Coppola's new film "Fairyland" starring Scoot McNairy ("Speak No Evil") and Emilia Jones ("CODA"). Based on Alysia Abbott's memoir, the film also stars Cody Fern, Maria Bakalova, Bella Murphy, Adam Lambert and Geena Davis.

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Cannes Film Festival 2025 Winners - The Complete List

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was awarded the Palme d'Or at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival for the drama "It Was Just an Accident". Neon acquired the film earlier this week, along with Joachim Trier's dramedy "Sentimental Value", which won the Grand Prize. The Brazilian political thriller "The Secret Agent" won Best Director (Kleber Mendonça Filho), while its lead Wagner Moura took home the trophy for Best Actor.

The jury included Halle Berry, Dieudo Hamadi, Hong Sang-soo, Payal Kapadia, Carlos Reygadas, Alba Rohrwacher, Leila Slimani and Jeremy Strong. French actress Juliette Binoche served as jury president.

Two Honorary Palme d'Or were awarded to Robert De Niro during the festival's opening ceremony, and the second to Denzel Washington before the world premiere of Spike Lee's "Highest 2 Lowest".

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