TEHRAN – The 35th Fajr International Film Festival announced on Friday the lineup for Cup of Divination, a section dedicated to screening films acclaimed at various international events.

Sixteen films from Iraq, China, Germany, Italy, Egypt, France, Slovakia, Spain, Czech, Chile, Australia, the U.S., the U.K. and Argentina are scheduled to go on screen in this section of the festival, which will open on April 21.

“The Teacher”, a joint production of Slovakia and Czech Republic by Jan Hrebejk, “Mr. No Problem” by Feng Mei from China, “In the Last Days of the City” by Tamer El Said from Egypt, “Pyromaniac” by Erik Skjoldbjarg from Norway and “King of the Belgians” by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth from Belgium are among the films.

The lineup also includes “Self-Criticism of a Bourgeois Dog” by Julian Radlmaier, “Greetings from Fukushima” by Doris Dorrie and “Anisoara” by Ana Felicia Scutelnicu, all from Germany, “The Shepherd” by Jonathan Cenzual Burley from Spain, “The Confessions” by Roberto Ando from Italy, “150 Milligrams” by Emmanuelle Bercot from France and “Cold of Kalandar” by Mustafa Kara from Turkey.

“Wastelands” by Miriam Heard from Chile, “The Distinguished Citizen”, a joint production of Argentina and Spain by Gaston Duprat and Mariano Cohn, “Lion”, a joint production of Australia, the U.S. and the U.K. by Garth Davis, and “The Dark Wind” by Hussein Hassan from Iraq have been selected for the section as well.

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