TEHRAN – The 13th Resistance International Film Festival announced its lineup for the documentary section on Saturday.
Eighteen documentary films by directors from the U.S., France, Lebanon, Syria and several other countries will be screened at the festival, which will held in Tehran, Moscow and several other cities worldwide during October.
“Five Broken Cameras” by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi from France are among the documentaries. The film is about a Palestinian farmer’s chronicle of his nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army.
Among the highlights of the lineup is “Amia Repetita” by Maria Poumier. The film is about the 2013 agreement between Argentina and Iran was signed in order to investigate the case of the AMIA attack in Buenos Aires in 1994, imputed by previous judicial and political authorities in Argentina to the Iranian authorities.
The festival will also screen “Mitzvah” directed by the Polish filmmakers Witold Gadowski and Maciej Grabysa. The documentary shows the activity of the international underground kidney transplant market. For example, a kidney from a Moldavian peasant is sold, is passed on in an illegal operation in Istanbul, and then goes on to a man who lives in Israel.
“Infiltrators” by Khaled Jarrar from Palestine, “Memories for All Seasons” by Mostafa Razzaq-Karimi from Iran and “Valentino’s Ghost” by Michael Singh are among the films that will go on screen at the international section of the festival.
Photo: A poster for the acclaimed documentary film “Five Broken Cameras”, which will be screened at the 13th Resistance International Film Festival
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