Rotterdam festival to screen films from Iran
TEHRAN.(Iranart) -- The 47th edition of the Rotterdam International Film Festival will screen several films from Iran, the organizers announced last week.
Mohsen Qarai’s debut feature “Blockage”, which won an award at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival in South Korea, will go on screen in the Bright Future section dedicated to first feature-length films.
Director Mohammad Rasoulof’s drama “A Man of Integrity”, the winner in the Un Certain Regard category of the 70th Cannes Film Festival, and Vahid Jalilvand’s acclaimed movie “No Date, No Signature” that won two top awards at the 74th Venice International Film Festival will go on screen in the Voices, a section dedicated to films with powerful stories, captivating subjects and important themes.
Maryam Tafakkori’s “Absent Wound” will be screened in the Bright Future Short, and her “I Have Sinned a Rapturous Sin” will go on screen in the Ammodo Tiger Short Competition.
Iranian director Alireza Khatami’s film “Los versos del Olvido” (“Oblivion Verses”) co-produced by France, Germany, the Netherlands and Chile will also compete in the Perspectives section.
The Rotterdam International Film Festival will be running in the Dutch city from January 24 to February 4.