Films on war against Daesh to come under spotlight at Fajr festival

April 15, 2017 - 18:57

TEHRAN – A lineup of ten films will be reviewed during the 35th Fajr International Film Festival in the Broken Olive Trees section, which screens films about the ongoing war against Daesh (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq, the organizers announced on Saturday.

Among the films are the documentaries “Kuwayres, My Little Homeland” by Saeid Sadeqi and “The Last Supper” by Mohammad Qanefar, both coproduced by Iran and Syria.

The Iranian documentaries “Apostate Iranians” by Hamid Abdollahzadeh, “The Black Flag” by Majed Neisi and “Babai” by Mozaffar Hosseinkhani Hazaveh will also be screened.

Short films “From Hasakah with Love” by Mohammad Farahani, “Alan” by Mostafa Gandomkar, “August” by Ahmad Zaeri, Mohammad Esfandiari and Maria Moati, and “Kech” by Mehrdad Hassani, all from Iran, are also in the lineup.

“The Dark Wind”, a joint production of Iraq, Germany and Qatar by Hussein Hassan is the only feature film of this section of the festival, which will be held in Tehran from April 21 to 28. 

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