TEHRAN -- Bahman Qobadi’s “Half Moon” is to go on screen in the special section “New Crowned Hope” of Toronto International Film Festival in celebration of the 250th birth anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Persian service of ISNA reported here on Wednesday.

"Half Moon" will open the special section of the festival which will be held from September 7-16.

Six more directors, including Apichatpong Weerasethakul with "Syndromes and a Century", Tsai Ming-Liang with "I Don't Want to Sleep Alone", Paz Encina with "Hamaca Paraguaya", Garin Nugroho with "Opera Jawa", Mahamat-Saleh Haroun with "Daratt" and Teboho Mahlatsi with "Moegko and the Stickfighter" will also participate in this section.

“Half Moon” tells the courageous story of Mamo, a renowned and admired Kurdish musician, who travels to Iraq’s Kurdistan along with ten of his sons to perform a concert. Their trip is only now possible because Saddam Hussein's reign has ended - such a concert was forbidden under him.

Waiting seven months to obtain the proper authorization to undertake his journey, Mamo also intends to bring a female singer, Hesho.

Though women’s singing is forbidden, Mamo is determined to continue the journey even if he is forced to travel illegally.

The film stars Hedieh Tehrani, Golshifteh Farahani, Hassan Purshirazi, and Farzin Sabuni.

The first screening of “Half Moon” will be for the jury of the 10th Iran Cinema Celebration that will be held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Sept. 12, marking the Cinema Day in Iran.