"It Was Just an Accident" is also the first Panahi feature to show female characters not wearing the mandatory hijab - Shiva among them - here to reflect the rapid changes of Iranian society post ...

The same is true for the five characters in "It Was Just an Accident," who've assembled almost like the diamond thieves in "Reservoir Dogs" post-heist to point fingers and dispense justice ...

"It Was Just an Accident," by Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who was barred from filmmaking for 15 years, won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival.

After being imprisoned multiple times, Jafar Panahi emerges anything but chastened in 'It Was Just an Accident,' serving up a powerful moral dilemma.

Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi's revenge thriller "It Was Just an Accident " won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday.

Freed from restrictions, Jafar Panahi returns with the nail-biting 'It Was Just an Accident,' inspired by his own experience in Iran's prisons.

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s 'It Was Just an Accident' got a 10-minute ovation after its Competition screening. He is at Cannes for first time since 2003.

Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s triumphant return to the Cannes Film Festival, “It Was Just an Accident,” has won the Palme d’Or as the best film in competition at the festival, the Cannes ...

A five-foot-long handwritten scroll from Boston in 1847 titled “A Resolution and Protest Against Slavery”—long thought to ...

In "It Was Just an Accident," Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who was imprisoned for two decades, returns to Cannes in fine form.

Jafar Panahi arrives on the Croisette with 'It Was Just an Accident,' his first movie not to have been shot illegally since 2006.

'It Was Just An Accident' will be distributed by Neon. This win also marks the distributor's sixth Palme d'Or in a row.