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Film Thursday 3 September, 2026 7:30pm

It Was Just An Accident (2025) (12A)

At this year’s From Page to Screen Festival, screenwriter Chris Chibnall selected his ‘Desert Island Scripts‘; a collection of films and screenplays that have influenced and inspired his work and career. This autumn, we invite you to discover these remarkable films in a special screening season inspired by Chris’s choices, celebrating great storytelling and the enduring power of screenwriting on the big, and small, screen. 

“To make a great film you need three things – the script, the script and the script” – Alfred Hitchcock

It Was Just An Accident

What begins as a minor accident sets in motion a series of escalating consequences. An unassuming mechanic is reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he encounters a man he suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, he rounds up a few of his fellow ex- prisoners to confirm the man’s identity.

Iran/France/Luxembourg 2025. Director: Jafar Panahi. With Ebrahim Azizi, Mariam Afshari, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr. 105mins. 12.

From £6. 10% off for BAC supporters.

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Reviews

“Panahi melds the personal and political in the most subtle and searing of ways.”

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