NEON Releases Official Trailer, Poster for Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or Winner IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

NEON has dropped the first trailer for their upcoming drama thriller IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, which will launch in US theaters on October 15th, 2025. The film world premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d’Or.

It Was Just an Accident was written and directed by Jafar Panahi, and stars, Vahid Mobasseri, Maryam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr, Georges Hashemzadeh, Delmaz Najafi, and Afssaneh Najmabadi.

In the film, Vahid, an Azerbaijani auto mechanic, was once imprisoned by Iranian authorities. During his sentence, he was interrogated blindfolded. One day, a man named Eghbal enters his workshop. His prosthetic leg creaks, and Vahid thinks he recognizes one of his former torturers.

You can find the release date on our In Theaters calendar. Check out the new trailer and poster below.