TEHRAN -- Reza Mirkarimi, the director of acclaimed dramas “Today”, “A Cube of Sugar” and “So Close, So Far”, is making plans for a new project entitled “The Daughter”.
The story of the film, which is close to what happened in “So Close, So Far”, is about father and his daughter, Mirkarimi said in press release on last Thursday.
He is currently in the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan to find a suitable location for his film.
The screenplay of the movie has been written by Mehran Kashani, a leading actor of Mirkarimi’s “As Simple as That”.
“Today” was Iran’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 88th Academy Awards in 2015.
Iran also submitted Mirkarimi’s “So Close, So Far” and “A Cube of Sugar” to the Oscars in 2005 and 2013 respectively.
However, “A Cube of Sugar” missed the event after Iran’s former minister of culture and Islamic guidance decided to boycott the Academy Awards over an amateur anti-Muslim video, which was posted on the Internet.
Neither film received a nomination at the Oscars.
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