Isfahan festival announces intl. lineup of short films

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Clik here to view.TEHRAN – The 28th Isfahan International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults announced the short international lineup on Tuesday.

 

Eleven short films by directors from Finland, Nepal, Mexico and several other countries will compete at the festival, which will be held in the central Iranian city from October 3 to 6.

 

“Shame and Glasses” by Alessandro Riconda from Italy is among the lineup. The film is about a little boy named Mirko who has to face his worst fear: wearing glasses. 

 

Indonesian director Chairun Nissa’s “Chocolate Comedy”, a portrait of seven-year-old stand-up comedian Fatih Unru, is another film that will go on screen at the festival.

 

“Fatima” by Naima Mohamud from Finland, “Jirka and the White Mice” by Karel Janák from Czech, “The Raining Tree” Andra Fembriarto from Indonesia are also among the lineup.

 

The festival will also screen other short films including “The Sound of Rain” by Kim Jin-hee from South Korea, “Sounds of Nature” by Simon Weber from Switzerland and “Lucy vs. The Limits of Voice” by Mónica Herrera from Mexico.

 

The festival will host a program entitled “The Bosoms of Hopes” during this edition.

 

The program includes animation and puppetry making workshops for children. 

 

The festival will also screen seven short films and a feature produced in the Islamic countries in a section entitled “Review of Films from Islamic Countries”.

 

“Agri and the Mountain” by Hasan Serin from Turkey, “Baghdad Messi” by Sahim Omar Kalifa from Iraq are among the films.

 

The festival also is dedicating a section to review the children’s cinema of the Czech Republic.

 

“Inventor Alva” by Ludek Bárta, “The Cottage on the Hill” by Šárka Váchová and “Inspector Whiskers” directed by Josef Lamka are amongst the movies, which will go on screen during the event.

 

 

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