“Today” to compete in European festivals
TEHRAN – Iranian director Reza Mirkarimi’s acclaimed drama “Today” will compete in two European film festivals in late March.
The film will first be screened at the 4th edition of the Curacao International Film Festival Rotterdam, which is scheduled to be held in the Netherlands from March 25 to 29.
It then will compete in the 10th Panorama of Maghreb and Middle-Eastern Cinema, which will be held in Paris from March 31 to April 19.
Iranian films line up for Irish festival
TEHRAN – A number of Iranian movies will be screened at the Silk Road Film Festival (SRFF), which will be held in Dublin from March 18th to 22.
The lineup includes Nima Javidi’s “Melbourne”, Abbas Kiarostami’s “Shirin”, Kambozia Partovi’s “Cafe Transit”, Rakhshan Banietemad’s “Tales” and Babak Nazari’s animated film “Sugarland”.
The annual SRFF welcomes films from countries, which were part of the historical network of the Silk Road that connected China, Persia and the Middle East to the Mediterranean and European world.
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