It Was Just an Accident

• Friday, January 9 through Sunday, January 18
• The Screening Room at 1313, Wilmington, DE
• 302-409-0752

Winner of the 2025 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, nominated for 4 Golden Globe Awards

Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his former sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid gathers several former prisoners, all abused by that same captor, to try and confirm Eghbal's identity.

As the bickering group drives around Tehran with the captive, they must confront how far to take matters into their own hands with their presumed tormentor.

From master filmmaker Jafar Panahi comes a searing moral thriller that engages with complex ideas about the uncertainty of the truth and the choice between revenge and mercy, as Panahi turns his personal dissonance into a profound and galvanizing work of art.

Presented by The Screening Room at 1313.

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