TEHRAN – Three Iranian films will go on screen at the 9th Afghan International Film Festival in Stockholm, Sweden on September 9 and 10.

“Parting”, a joint production of Iran and Afghanistan by Navid Mahmudi, “Overruled” by Iranian filmmakers Farnaz and Mohammadreza Jurabchian and “The Shade” by Parham Keivani will be screened during the festival.

“Parting” tells the story of teenage lovers Nabi and Fereshteh who are separated by her family’s flight from Afghanistan. After years apart, Nabi decides to find Fereshteh and risk the hardships of flight and resettlement in Europe with a hope of a better life.

“Overruled” is about the lives of some young Afghan refugees in Iran. They work as ball boys in tennis clubs in Tehran, so they have learned how to play tennis. But the problem is they are not accepted in this society in any way and will always remain as outsiders.

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