Variety - Majid Majidi, director of award-winning films including �Children of Heaven,� �Baran,� and �Muhammad: The Messenger of God,� is returning to�India�for his next project �Gold Mine.�

The Iranian filmmaker is reuniting with the producers of India-set �Beyond the Clouds,� Shareen Mantri Kedia and Kishor Arora, under their production outfit Namah Pictures, for �Gold Mine.� The film will revolve around the difficult lives of children who work in coal mines.

Casting will begin in November and principal photography will take place mid-2018.

�India has so many stories to tell within its myriad cultures of people from a different�milieu.�The ambience of India is just magical, truly incomparable to any other country. Within that ambience, exists a wonderful relationship between human beings and nature. The undying spirit of people and their hope from life despite their hardships is unbelievable,� said Majidi.









�Beyond the Clouds� will play in competition at the London Film Festival in October.