From a sensational psychological drama to captivating documentaries
and graphically spellbinding animation, the PERSIAN FILM FESTIVAL
RETURNS FOR ITS EIGHTH YEAR FROM 4– 8 December 2019 to showcase the
very best in PERSIAN CINEMA.Program highlights include critically
acclaimed features: Orange Days, the Mannheim-Heidelberg International
Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize winning drama, about a lone female
contractor working in the orange fields of Northern Iran who earns a
promotion and must overcome the misogynistic backlash she faces for
her achievement. Another gripping drama is The Orphanage, which is
about a 15 year old boy living in the streets of Kabul. His dream of
becoming a Bollywood star is squandered when he is captured by Soviet
police and forced into a state facility. And Reza, a heartwarming
dramedy following a newly divorced man’s journey as he adapts to his
new lonely life after nine years of marriage.
This year’s program also features groundbreaking documentaries.
Finding Farideh, Iran’s entry for the Academy Awards 2020, is a
moving exploration of identity. It follows an Iranian girl who was
adopted by a Dutch couple as a child and now returns to her motherland
to meet with three families that claim to be her biological relatives.
Gracefully looks into the life of a drag queen who had been performing
on stage for decades before the revolution and after he has been
banned from performing. Now he lives in a farm and sometimes dances
for elderly people at nurseries.
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