Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another won the top prize of best feature at the 2025 Gotham Film Awards , and Jafar Panahi had a big night just hours after Iran sentenced the dissident filmmaker to a year in prison in absentia .

Panahi’s film, It Was Just an Accident , won all three awards for which it was nominated at the Gotham Awards .

Accepting his first prize of the evening for best original screenplay, Panahi said in part (via a translator) to applause in the room, “I would like to dedicate the honor of this award to independent filmmakers in Iran and around the world — filmmakers who keep the camera rolling in silence, without support, and at times by risking everything they have, only with their faith in truth and humanity. I hope that this dedication will

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