“A Minor Leap Down” to compete in Italian filmfest

TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Hamed Rajabi’s “A Minor Leap Down” will go on screen at the 50+1 International Festival of New Cinema, which will be held in the Italian city of Pesaro from July 20 to 27.
The Iranian-French production tells the story of a pregnant woman who finds out her fetus has died and she decides not to tell anyone.

Earlier in February, “A Minor Leap Down” won FIPRESCI’s prize in the Panorama section at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.


Iranian translator working on Pamuk’s first novel

TEHRAN – Iranian translator Alireza Seyfeddini is working on Turkish Nobel laureate Ferit Orhan Pamuk’s first novel “Cevdet Bey and His Sons”.

Published in 1982, the novel is the story of three generations of a wealthy Istanbul family living in Nisantasi, Pamuk’s own home district. The novel has won both the Orhan Kemal and Milliyet literary prizes.


“Utopia” screened at May Festival in UK

TEHRAN - Iranian filmmaker Hassan Nazer’s social drama was screened at the May Festival, which was held at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland from May 29 to 31.

A coproduction of Iran, Afghanistan and Scotland, it tells the story of Janan, a woman from Afghanistan who travels to the UK for artificial insemination. Complications arise when she discovers the donor has long-standing connections to the military.

A variety of debates, lectures, readings, workshops, concerts and film screenings are held every year during the festival.


“Kingdom of Solomon” producer to helm film on Imam Hussein (AS)

Tehran -- Mojtaba Faravardeh, the producer of “The Kingdom of Solomon” about the life of Prophet Solomon (AS), is planning to direct a movie on Imam Hussein (AS).

He is preparing the preproduction preliminaries for the project entitled “Tharallah”, which will mainly focus on the Imam’s movement from Mecca to Karbala where he and his companions were finally martyred in 680 CE.

Faravardeh is writing the screenplay for the film, which also will be produced by him.


Mohammad-Mehdi Asgarpur reelected FIAPF deputy director

TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Mohammad-Mehdi Asgarpur has been reelected as the deputy director of FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Associations) for the second time.

The FIAPF president is Luis Alberto Scalella.

Thirty-four organizations from 29 countries on five continents are members of the FIAPF, which is the only organization of film and television producers with a global reach.

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