US EditionFrance selects the Iranian drama ‘It Was Just An Accident’ as its Oscar submission
France's National Cinema Centre chose Panahi's Palme d'Or-winning film, co-financed in France, aiming to break a 30-year Oscar drought in Best International Feature Film.
- France has chosen Jafar Panahi's film 'It Was Just an Accident' as its Oscar submission for the Best International Feature category, highlighting a film Iran would not submit.
- Panahi, who has faced restrictions for years, directed the film without government permission and won the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
- The movie portrays former political prisoners debating the fate of a man they believe tortured them, reflecting Panahi's own experiences.
- This marks the second consecutive year a European nation has nominated a film by an Iranian dissident director for the Academy Awards.
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France selects the Iranian drama ’It Was Just An Accident’ as its Oscar submission
France announced on Wednesday that it has selected the Iranian director Jafar Panahi's Palme d'Or-winning drama "It Was Just an Accident" as its submission to the Academy Awards. The selection gives an Oscar pathway to a film that Iran was certain not to select itself. Panahi, who has spent much of the last 15 years either under house arrest, banned from travel or incarcerated, made "It Was Just an Accident," like his previous films, in his nati…
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France selects the Iranian drama 'It Was Just An Accident' as its Oscar submission
France announced Wednesday that it has selected the Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winning drama “It Was Just An Accident” as its submission to the Academy Awards.
"A simple accident" directed by Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, was chosen by the CNC to represent France in the category of the best foreign film at the next Oscar ceremony, announced the commission this Wednesday. The film was co-produced in France. This is the first time that the director has competed in the Oscars. - Oscars 2026: "A simple accident" by Iranian Jafar Panahi, winner of the Palme d'Or, will represent France (Culture, media and …
The Iranian filmmaker, who received the gold palm 2025 for his film shot clandestinely in the country under the yoke of the mullahs, had never competed for an American statuette.
The CNC chose to present the feature film "A Simple Accident" by Iranian Jafar Panahi for the category "Best Foreign Film".
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