20 Movies That Took HUGE Risks (And NAILED It)
1. Making It Entirely In Secret - It Was Just An Accident
It Was Just an Accident is the latest film from Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who had a 20-year filmmaking ban imposed upon him 2010 by the Iranian government for criticising the regime.
This has forced Panahi to make his films in extreme secrecy, and as his profile has only continued to grow, each new project has basically become riskier than the one before.
It Was Just An Accident was ultimately shot in Tehran without permits, with a small camera and tiny skeleton crew, allowing the filmmaker to complete principal photography unobstructed.
But this was just the beginning - then came post-production, where there was genuine fear that the film's footage could be seized and destroyed.
Ultimately the film was edited on an old MacBook Air that was never connected to the Internet for security purposes, and while such a clandestine process naturally imposed significant constraints on post, the end result was widely acclaimed, winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes and receiving two Oscar nominations.