TEHRAN -- The 8th edition of Cinéma Vérité, the Iranian international festival for documentary films, announced the lineup for the international competition on Saturday.
Over 30 works by directors from 23 countries will compete in three categories of short, mid-length, and feature length documentaries of the festival, which will be held in Tehran from November 30 to December 7.
The feature-length films are “Ariel” directed by Laura Bari from Canada, “The Story of Mr. Love” by Dagmar Smrzova from Czech, “From the Depths” by Valentina Pedicini from Italy and “Casse” by Nadège Trebal from France.
“Two Raging Grannies” by Håvard Bustnes from Norway, “Frozen Man” by Carolina Campo Lupo from Uruguay, “Men with Balls” by Kristóf Kovács from Hungary and “The Man Who Made Angels Fly” by Wiktoria Szymanska from Poland will compete in this section.
Thirteen short films will also be screened at the festival.
“The Last Days of Peter Bergmann” directed by Ciaran Cassidy from Ireland, “The Lion’s Mouth Opens” by Lucy Walker from U.S. and “Behind the Wheel” by Elise Laker from Britain are among the films.
The festival will also screen nine mid-length films, including “Winter” by Cristina Picchi from Russia, “Taxiway” by Alicia Harrison from France and “Verdade 12.528” by Paula Sacchetta and Peu Robles from Brazil.
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