EXCLUSIVE: Development, production and finance outfit Medan is joining with Neon to co-finance the U.S. theatrical release of Jafar Panahi ’s Palme d’Or winner It Was Just an Accident . The film begins release in New York tomorrow, October 15, then heads to Los Angeles on October 17 with a national rollout to follow.

The thriller is also France’s official submission for the Best International Feature Oscar race.

Written and directed by Panahi and produced by Panahi and Philippe Martin, It Was Just an Accident tells the story of a group of former political prisoners who encounter and confront their past and, potentially, their sadistic jailhouse captor.

Said Negin Salmasi, Chief Content Officer at Medan which develops, produces and finances premium scripted film and televisi

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