The Iranian war flick Berlin-7 has been selected to contend for awards at the 2014 edition of Uruguay International Film Festival\ in Africa.

Directed by Ramtin Lavafipour, the movie will be presented in the Human Rights section of the African festival.

Berlin-7  as the only representative of Iranian cinema will compete with other eight films at the event.

The movie was premiered at the 31st Iran’s most important film presentation and competition, Fajr International Film Festival, and took the Best Movie Soundtrack Award that went to Hamed Sabet.

The festival’s Islamic Human Rights Prize  also went to Lavafipour’s second cinematic creation, Berlin-7.

The film was screened at the Valladolid International Film Festival in Spain and the Sao Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil.

Produced by Iran’s Visual Media Institute, the movie with anti-war theme depicts the story of some Iraqi migrants trying to survive the US invasion of Iraq.

The film chronicles an Iraqi family whose members have become the victims of US-led war in Iraq and abandon their country to seek refuge in Berlin.

While Iranian-German cast contributed to the film, most parts of the movie were shot in Germany.

The International Film Festival of Uruguay aim to create and hold interest in the cinema by introducing worthwhile films in four sections of the International Full Length Films and Shorts Show; the International Documentary, Animation and Experimental Film Show; the Informative Show; the Espacio Uruguay (devoted to productions of Uruguay).

The 32nd edition of the festival kicked off on April 10 and will run until April 20, 2014.

By Press TV

 

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