“My Fragile Doll” to compete in South American festivals
TEHRAN – The Iranian animation “My Fragile Doll” will go on screen at two South American festivals in September and November.
Directed by Ali Zare’, the animated film will compete in the 16th Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival (FESTCURTASBH), which will be held in Brazil from September 19 to 28.
The 24th Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, which will take place in Argentina from November 5 to 12, will also screen the film.
The film is about a young girl who reconstructs events leading to her father’s imprisonment and execution using dolls her mother has made.
Iranian films line up for Montreal festival
TEHRAN – Six Iranian movies will go on screen at the 38th Montreal World Film Festival, which will be held in Canada from August 21 to September 1.
“With Others” directed by Nasser Zamiri, “Stranger” by Bahram Tavakoli, “Snow” by Mehdi Rahmani, “Tajrish… an Unfinished Story” by Purya Azarbaijani are the films that will be shown in the non-competition section of the event.
The Iranian documentaries “All the Winters I Haven't Seen” directed by Omid Khoshnazar and “Pomegranate is the Fruit of Paradise” by Teymur Qaderi are also in the Iranian lineup.
“Tales” to compete in Toronto festival
TEHRAN – Iranian director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad’s “Tales” will go on screen at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival, which will be held in Toronto, Canada from September 4 to 14.
The film is composed of seven short episodes, in which Bani-Etemad reveals the fate of some of the main characters in her previous films like “The Blue-Veiled”, “Under the Skin of the City” and “Mainline”.
Another Iranian movie “Today” by Reza Mirkarimi will also go on screen at the festival.
Deputy culture minister visits Simin Behbahani
TEHRAN -- Iranian Deputy Culture Minister for Cultural Affairs Seyyed Abbas Salehi paid a visit to the writer and poetess Simin Behbahani at Tehran’s Pars Hospital on Wednesday morning.
The 87-year-old writer, who has been suffering from a heart problem over the past few years, has been in a coma since last week.
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