TEHRAN -- Seven films will be screened in the international competition section of the Iranian international festival for documentary films, Cinéma Vérité, the organizers announced on Wednesday.
“Atlan” directed by Moin Karimeddini about the life story of a Turkmen horse riding instructor, “Champion and Robe” directed by Arash Lahuti about a strong traveling entertainer who searches for his ancestors’ clothing are among the films.
The lineup also includes “I Wanna Become a King” directed by Mehdi Ganji about Abbas Barzegar, an Iranian village man who converted his home into a guesthouse for tourists, “Monsieur Setboun and Those Past Days” directed by Mahmud Karimi about French photographer Michel Setboun, who is mostly famous for his works on the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979.
“Nanny Hassan” about 77-year-old self-taught artist Monavvar Ramezani known as Nanny Hassan will also be screened in this section. The film was directed by Mohammad-Ali Talebi and Arash Talebi.
“Parking” directed by Abbas Omrani is about an old man who narrates his memories of the Iran-Iraq 1980-1988 war in a parking lot, and “Malekia” by Mohammad-Bagher Shahin is about a girl who explains how her parents were killed in the Syrian village Malekia by terrorists.
The organizers previously announced the foreign lineup for this section.
Eight foreign documentaries, including “Ariel” directed by Laura Bari from Canada, “Two Raging Grannies” by Håvard Bustnes from Norway, “Frozen Man” by Carolina Campo Lupo from Uruguay and “The Man Who Made Angels Fly” by Wiktoria Szymanska from Poland will compete in this section.
Cinéma Vérité will be held in Tehran from November 30 to December 7.
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