TEHRAN – Two Iranian films were screened at the International Forum of New Cinema, which is held annually in Calcutta, India in November.
“Bear” by Khosro Masumi and “My Tribe” by Gholamreza Azadi are the Iranian lineup of the event, which was held from November 11 to 18 at the Metro Cinema in Calcutta.
“Bear”, which was the Inaugural Film of the festival, went on screen on November 11.
The film is about Nureddin, who after having been missing in action during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, returns home eight years later only to find his wife remarried and the mother of two children. Nureddin struggles to fight reality.
“My Tribe” narrates the life of a filmmaker from Isfahan in three different stages of his career.
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