For the past two years, a pair of Iranian films have been nominated for a best international feature Oscar. But they are unmistakeably Iranian, made by two Iranian filmmakers and deeply engaged with the social, political and personal turmoils of a nation besieged by its theocratic, authoritarian government. He was out of the country at the time, promoting It Was Just An Accident, a film he had to shoot in secret. Upstairs, a mechanic named Vahid (Vahid Mobasseri) hears something that makes his blood run cold. Iranian filmmakers have become adept at clandestine production tactics, and in a film such as It Was Just An Accident, that agility has worked in its favour.