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Goteborg film festival to host Iranian drama

Goteborg film festival to host Iranian drama

Iranian filmmaker Kiarash Asadizadehs debut feature length movieAcridis slated to be presented at the 37th Goteborg International Film Festival in Sweden.

The film will represent Iranian cinema at the World Competition section of this years festival.

Acridthat weaves an uneven tale of infidelity and disastrous relationships depicts the inner feelings of different couples.

The film has been screened in several international events so far and took the Best Emerging Actor Honor for its entire cast at the eighth Rome International Film Festival.

Born in 1981 in Tehran, Kiarash Asadizadeh started to make short films in 2001. He directed several shorts such asVery beginning of the night(2001),Video(2002),ChocolateMilkwithIce(2003),Behind me(2004),My Right Hand Side(2004) andTwo People Face to Face(2005).

Trappedby Parviz Shahbazi,Bending the Rulesby Behnam Behzadi,The Pastby Asghar Farhadi andClosed Curtainby Jafar Panahi and Kambuzia Partovi are other Iranian productions that will vie at the different sections of the event.

The festival is also to host a retrospective of works by Irans Oscar winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi.

Goteborg International Film Festival is scheduled to take place from January 24 through February 3, 2014.

Launched in 1979, the annual festival is known as the largest film event in Scandinavia.

By Press TV

 

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