Born 1960 in Mianeh, Iran. A leading figure of the Iranian New Wave, Panahi is acclaimed for The White Balloon (1995), The Circle (2000), Offside (2006), and Taxi (2015). His films often critique Iranian society and censorship. Despite repeated bans and arrests, he continues to make award-winning films, including It Was Just an Accident (2025)
Vahid, an Azerbaijani auto mechanic, was once imprisoned by Iranian authorities. During his sentence, he was interrogated blindfolded. One day, a man named Eqbal enters his workshop. His prosthetic leg creaks, and Vahid thinks he recognizes one of his former torturers
Vahid Mobasseri – Vahid; Mariam Afshari – Shiva; Ebrahim Azizi – Eghbal
Amin Jafari – Cinematography; Amir Etminan – Editing
Jafar Panahi; Philippe Martin
Jafar Panahi