MIFF Cinema Outing: It Was Just an Accident (2025) with Film Society x Filmmakers Collaborative

We're back for the Melbourne International Film Festival's final weekend this Saturday to watch one of the most acclaimed films of the year, Iranian master Jafar Panahi's entertaining new revenge thriller: It Was Just an Accident! 🚐

Winner of the prestigious Palme d'Or at May's Cannes Film Festival, if you watch one film at MIFF, make it this.

Let us know if you're interested in super discounted, $10 tickets (for yourself and others) to come along by filling out the form linked below or sending us an email.

When: 1:00pm, Saturday August 23
Where: The Astor Theatre, 1 Chapel St, St Kilda
Tickets: $10! Register your interest in one or more here! Or email us! 🎟️

Vahid (Vahid Mobasseri), an auto mechanic, was once imprisoned by Iranian authorities and interrogated blindfolded. One day, a man named Eghbal (Ebrahim Azizi) enters his workshop. Vahid thinks he recognises him...

Previously subjected to lengthy filmmaking and international travel bans, and imprisoned in 2022 himself, Panahi made this one without the required permission of authorities in Iran in secret. It is just the latest achievement in his long and accomplished career.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF04v-ze2Yc

After the film, we'll head to a nearby spot to chat. 🍻