Overview

• NEON revealed the first trailer and poster for It Was Just an Accident, marking the start of its promotional campaign.
• The film will open in New York and Los Angeles on October 15 with a national rollout to follow.
• It Was Just an Accident is slated to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival followed by the New York Film Festival ahead of its theatrical debut.
• Panahi’s drama won the Palme d’Or at Cannes and secured Sydney Film Festival’s top prize, capping a rare Cannes, Berlin and Venice festival triple crown.
• Shot clandestinely in Iran after Panahi’s release from a filmmaking ban, the film follows a mechanic who abducts a suspected jailhouse tormentor to confront a moral choice between revenge and mercy.