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TEHRAN -- Iranian director Majidreza Mostafavi’s debut film “Unripe Pomegranates” will be competing at the 36th Moscow International Film Festival, which will run from June 19 to 28.
The movie tells the story of a couple living in a suburb of Tehran. The wife takes care of an elderly woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and the husband is a welder in a skyscraper. However, an accident causes new problems for the family.
Fifteen other films from other countries will also be screened in the competition section of the event, the organizers of the festival have announced.
“White Yagel” by Vladimir Tumayev from Russia, “Hardcore Disco” by Krzysztof Skonieczny from Poland, “Brothers” by Victoria Trofimenko from Ukraine, “The Sentimentalists” by Nicholas Triandafyllidis from Greece and “Reporter” by Thijs Gloger from the Netherlands are among the movies in the competition section.
Internationally-acclaimed Russian filmmaker Gleb Anatolyevich will preside over the jury.
RM/YAW
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