Please note: This film will screen at BAM’s newest venue, BAM Rose Cinemas at BAM KBH, located at 10 Lafayette Avenue, just steps from the Peter Jay Sharp Building. Featuring state‑of‑the‑art screens, the new facility helps BAM showcase more of the finest artist‑driven, independent, and international films than ever before. We recommend allowing extra time before the screening to get acquainted with the new location.
It Was Just an Accident
Opens Nov 7
NEW RELEASE
- Part of
- BAM Film 2025
Directed by Jafar Panâhi (2025)
With
Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr
Winner of the 2025 Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, is suddenly reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid rounds up a few of his fellow ex-prisoners to try and confirm Eghbal's identity. Master filmmaker Jafar Panâhi (No Bears, The Circle, Taxi) creates a deeply felt moral thriller, where high stakes tension combines with unexpected flurries of humor and thoughtful, sometimes devastating questions regarding persecution and revenge.
Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, is suddenly reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid rounds up a few of his fellow ex-prisoners to try and confirm Eghbal's identity. Master filmmaker Jafar Panâhi (No Bears, The Circle, Taxi) creates a deeply felt moral thriller, where high stakes tension combines with unexpected flurries of humor and thoughtful, sometimes devastating questions regarding persecution and revenge.
Please note: This film will screen at BAM’s newest venue, BAM Rose Cinemas at BAM KBH, located at 10 Lafayette Avenue, just steps from the Peter Jay Sharp Building. Featuring state‑of‑the‑art screens, the new facility helps BAM showcase more of the finest artist‑driven, independent, and international films than ever before. We recommend allowing extra time before the screening to get acquainted with the new location.
UPCOMING Screenings
RUNNING TIME
139min
VENUE
FORMAT
DCP
LANGUAGE
In Farsi with English subtitles
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General Admission: $17
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