TEHRAN -- “Atom-Heart Mother” by Iranian director Ali Ahmadzadeh will be screened in the Forum section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival -- Berlinale, which will open On February 5.
The film, Ahmadzadeh’s second, begins with a goodbye party to Kami, who is going to leave Iran to start a new life in Tunisia.
The Forum is the most daring section of the Berlin festival, which focuses on avant-garde, experimental works, essays, long-term observations and yet-to-be-discovered cinematic landscapes.
Forty-three films will be shown in the Forum’s main program.
The festival will also show “Taxi” by Iranian director Jafar Panahi in the main competition section.
The story of the documentary-like film is set in a Tehran taxi that is driven by Panahi.
The film will compete with seven other productions, including Werner Herzog’s “Queen of the Desert” and Bill Condon’s “Mr. Holmes”.
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