It Was Just An Accident (Un Simple Accident), directed by Jafar Panahi, has been selected by France as this year’s official Oscars entry for the Best International Film category.
It Was Just an Accident (Un simple accident) (2025)
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48th Mill Valley Film Festival Reveals Lineup – Closing with Rental Family Starring Brendan Fraser
Brendan Fraser in Rental Family (James Lisle/Searchlight Pictures) The 48th Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) taking place October 2–12, 2025 revealed the full lineup of 138 films from 40 countries.
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52nd Telluride Film Festival Unveils Lineup
Ballad of a Small Player (Netflix) Presented by the National Film Preserve each year over the Labor Day Weekend, the 52nd Telluride Film Festival unveiled its official program selections of over sixty feature films, short films, and revival programs.
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73rd San Sebastián Festival Unveils Perlak Lineup – Opens with Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague
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Toronto Film Festival Unveils Gala and Special Presentations with Films by Steven Soderbergh, Guillermo del Toro, Gus Van Sant
Michaela Coel as “Lori Butler” and Ian McKellen as “Julian Sklar” in The Christophers directed by Steven Soderbergh. (Claudette Barius.) The 50th Toronto International Film Festival taking place September 4–14, 2025, unveiled the lineup of Official Selections in its Gala and Special Presentations program including films from Steven Soderbergh, Guillermo del Toro, Mamoru Hosoda, Zacharias Kunuk, Baz Luhrmann, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Jafar Panahi, Benny Safdie, and Gus Van Sant.
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Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’ Wins Palme D’or at Cannes Film Festival
It Was Just an Accident (Jafar Panahi Productions. Les Films Pelleas) The revenge thriller It Was Just an Accident directed by Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has won the Palme D’or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.