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It Was Just an Accident
2025
· Movie
· 103 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #556
- IMDb #1343
- Metacritic #349
- Letterboxd #605
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #87
- Metacritic Critics #150
+5 more
- Metacritic Audience #1397
- Douban #1259
- Kinopoisk #2394
- AlloCiné #930
- Trakt #1853
Every rating
71–98
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 71, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 98. Critics average 94, everyone else 77.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two ordinary families' lives are irrevocably shattered by a single, tragic accident caused by a momentary lapse in judgment. The story explores the devastating aftermath, focusing on the grief, guilt, and anger that consumes both the family of the victim and the family of the person responsible. As the legal system grinds into motion, the emotional toll escalates, forcing everyone involved to confront impossible questions about forgiveness, responsibility, and how to move forward when a life can be erased by a simple, terrible mistake.
Details
- Director
- Jafar Panahi
- Writer
- Jafar Panahi
- Released
- 1 October 2025
- Country
- Iran, France, Luxembourg
- Language
- Persian, Azerbaijani
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $6.0M
- Box office
- $9.6M
- Awards
- 23 wins, 32 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (24) →
Awards & nominations
See all 55 →2 major awards won · 23 wins from 55 nominations across 28 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 2025 | Prix de la Citoyenneté | Jafar Panahi | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2025 | Palme d'Or | Jafar Panahi | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2026 | Best Original Screenplay | Jafar Panahi; in collaboration with Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, and Mehdi Mahmoudian | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2026 | Best International Feature Film | France | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2026 | Best Foreign Language Film | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2026 | Best Foreign Language Film | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2026 | Best Screenplay | Jafar Panahi | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2026 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |
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Cannes Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Palme d'Or | Jafar Panahi | Winner |
| Prix de la Citoyenneté | Jafar Panahi | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations
| Best Director | Jafar Panahi | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Language Film | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Jafar Panahi | Nominee |
Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best International Feature Film | France | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Jafar Panahi; in collaboration with Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, and Mehdi Mahmoudian | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |
Goya Awards
1 nomination
| Best European Film | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |
Gotham Independent Film Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Director | Jafar Panahi | Winner |
| Best International Feature | Philippe Martin and Jafar Panahi | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Jafar Panahi | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | It Was Just an Accident | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | It Was Just an Accident | Winner |
| Best Director | Jafar Panahi | Nominee |
| Best Film | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | It Was Just an Accident | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Jafar Panahi | Winner |
| Best Director | Jafar Panahi | Nominee |
| Best Picture | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Jafar Panahi | Winner |
| Best Film | It Was Just an Accident | Winner |
Mill Valley Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Audience Favorite – Independent Cinema | It Was Just an Accident | Winner |
| MVFF Award, Filmmaking | Jafar Panahi | Winner |
St. Louis Film Critics Association
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best International Feature Film | It Was Just an Accident | Winner |
| Best Director | Jafar Panahi | Nominee |
| Best Film | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Jafar Panahi | Nominee |
| Best Scene | It Was Just an Accident - Finale | Nominee |
Seattle Film Critics Society
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best International Feature | It Was Just an Accident | Winner |
| Best Picture | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |
American Film Institute Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| AFI Special Award | It Was Just an Accident | Winner |
Atlanta Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best International Feature | It Was Just an Accident | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Jafar Panahi | Winner |
Middleburg Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Impact Award | Jafar Panahi | Winner |
Montclair Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award for World Cinema | It Was Just an Accident | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best International Film | It Was Just an Accident | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Jafar Panahi | Winner |
Sydney Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Sydney Film Prize | Jafar Panahi | Winner |
European Film Awards
4 nominations
| European Director | Jafar Panahi | Nominee |
| European Film | Philippe Martin, Jafar Panahi, Christel Hénon, Sandrine Dumas | Nominee |
| European Screenwriter | Jafar Panahi | Nominee |
| LUX Audience Award | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association
4 nominations
| Best Acting Ensemble | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |
| Best Director | Jafar Panahi | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Language Film | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |
Astra Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best International Feature | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |
| Best Picture – Drama | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |
British Independent Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best International Independent Film | Jafar Panahi, Phillippe Martin | Nominee |
Cinema for Peace Awards
1 nomination
| Cinema for Peace Dove for The Most Valuable Film of the Year | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |
David di Donatello
1 nomination
| Best International Film | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |
Lumière Awards
1 nomination
| Best International Co-Production | It Was Just an Accident | Nominee |