‘It Was Just An Accident’ Director Jafar Panahi On The Real-Life Torture And Oppression Behind The Film: “We Still Have Been Able To Find A Way”

Filmmaker Jafar Panahi reveals why he used humor to highlight the real-life horror of Iran's Regime in ‘It Was Just an ...

'It Was Just an Accident' is a blast of pure anti-authoritarian rage

Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been arrested repeatedly in his home country. His shockingly funny new revenge thriller was ...
Seguin Today

SHS Theatre students to treat local children to “Aladdin Jr.”

(Seguin) — The stage today at Seguin High School will come alive with magic carpets and genies as students prepare to open ...
Golden Gate Xpress

Review: Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s taut ‘It Was Just an Accident’ masterfully indicts a regime

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s taut black comedy “It Was Just an Accident” brilliantly excoriates state-sanctioned ...

What an Iranian Filmmaker Learned In Prison

For more than a decade, after the government of Iran deemed his work “propaganda against the system,” the filmmaker Jafar ...

Can Jafar Panahi's ‘It Was Just an Accident' Reach the Same Box Office Heights as Neon's Other Palme d'Or Winners?

With $115,000 in five days of release, the distributor has ambitions on par with "Anatomy of a Fall" and "Triangle of Sadness ...

Palme d’Or Winner Jafar Panahi on How He Made the Risky ‘It Was Just an Accident’ in Iran — and Why Americans Should Heed Its Warning

“It Was Just an Accident” is Panahi’s tribute to those people whose lived experience is reflected in the collection of ...
Texas Public Radio

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi discusses his new thriller, 'It Was Just an Accident'

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi about his new movie, "It Was Just An Accident." Panahi made the film right after being released from Iranian prison.