Nov. 17 — Oxnard Film Society to present PALESTINE 36, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

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Monday Night Foreign Film Series

Celebrating Our 19th Year

The Oxnard Film Society is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. (#20-5734347)

All dialog in films from non-English speaking countries will be presented in its original language accompanied by English subtitles

Plaza Cinemas 14

255 West 5th Street, Oxnard CA 93030

General Admission: $11.75 – Seniors/Children/Students: $8.50 – Matinee: $9.25

We’d like to thank the Port of Hueneme for becoming a 2024-25 Annual Sponsor of the Oxnard Film Society.

Screening November 17, 2025 at 3:30pm and 6:30pm

PALESTINE 36

2025 Palestine 1hr 58 minutes

Biography/ History/ Drama/ War NR

In Arabic with English subtitles

Palestine’s Submission to the 2026 Academy Awards for Best International Film

1936. As villages across mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe, and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain’s 30-year dominion, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.

Screening December 1, 2025 at 3:30pm and 6:30pm

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

2025 France/Iran 1hr 45 minutes

Drama/Mystery/Thriller PG-13

In Persian with English subtitles

France’s Submission to the 2026 Academy Awards for Best International Film

Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his former sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid gathers several former prisoners, all abused by that same captor, to try and confirm Eghbal’s identity. As the bickering group drives around Tehran with the captive, they must confront how far to take matters into their own hands with their presumed tormentor. From master filmmaker Jafar Panahi comes a searing moral thriller that engages with complex ideas about the uncertainty of the truth and the choice between revenge and mercy, as Panahi turns his personal dissonance into a profound and galvanizing work of art.

Winner Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival 2025