TEHRAN -- Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami’s new experimental work “24 Frames” is among the highlights of the Melbourne International Film Festival running from August 3 to 20.

Kiarostami completed “24 Frames” months before his death in July 2016. “It began with musings on epochal paintings and evolved with the photographs I had taken over the years,” Kiarostami once said about his film.

“A Man of Integrity” by Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasulof will also be screened at the festival.

The film won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard category at the 70th Cannes Film Festival in May 2017.

“A Man of Integrity” is about a goldfish farmer who is battling corporate oppression in northern Iran.

“Animal”, co-directed by Bahram and Bahman Ark, will go on screen in the short film section of the festival, while “Ascribed Achievements” by Samaneh Shojaei is another entry in this section.

“Animal”, which tells the story of a man who attempts to cross a frontier disguised as a ram, won the second prize of the 20th Cinéfondation Selection at the 70th Cannes Film Festival.

“Ascribed Achievements” is about a man who is dissatisfied with his hereditary appearance so he decides to end his life. But his failed suicide creates a new situation in his life.

“The Butterfly Tree” by Priscilla Cameron and “The Silent Eye” by Amiel Courtin-Wilson, both from Australia, and “Girl Unbound” by Erin Heidenreich from USA, Canada and Pakistan are among other highlights of the festival.

Photo: A scene from “24 Frames” by Abbas Kiarostami

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