Ein einfacher Unfall

In the organizer's words:

• IR/FR 2025
• 103 min
• Director: Jafar Panahi
• FSK: from 16 years
• German dubbing, Wednesdays: original version with German subtitles (OmU)

Screenings:

• Thu, January 15, 2026 - Wed, January 21, 2026 at 8:15 pm
• Thu, January 22, 2026 - Fri, January 23, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.
• Sat., January 24, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.
• Sun., January 25, 2026 - Tue., January 27, 2026 at 4:00 pm

Performers: Vahid Mobasseri, Maryam Afshari, Ebrahim Aziz

What begins as a minor accident triggers a series of escalating consequences. The winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival is a black comedy that has already become a hit with audiences in many countries.

When car mechanic Vahid accidentally meets the man who allegedly tortured him in prison, he kidnaps him.
tortured him in prison, he kidnaps him in order to take revenge. But the only clue to Eghbal's
Eghbal's identity is the unmistakable squeak of his prosthetic leg. In his search for certainty, Vahid turns to a scattered circle of other victims who have since been released. But the deeper they delve into their past and the more their different world views clash, the greater their doubts become: Is it really him? And what does retribution even mean?
Against the omnipresent backdrop of authoritarianism, A Simple Accident condenses into a brilliant act of resistance - by an Iranian auteur filmmaker who knows from his own experience what it means to be unjustly imprisoned. France's entry in the "Best International Film" category at the 98th Oscars® urges us to re-explore the boundary between right and wrong.