TEHRAN Two Iranian films Child and Soldier directed by Seyed Reza Mirkarimi and The Day I Became a Woman by Marzieh Meshkini were selected to participate in the 22nd Nantes Film Festival entitled "Three Continents".
The 8-day festival started work yesterday.
Argentina, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan and Chile take part with one film and Japan with two films have participated in the Competition Section of the festival.
These ten films have been selected out of 70 feature films received by the secretariat of the festival. Some films like Circle by Ja'far Panahi will be displayed in the Out of Competition Section.
Moreover, Mahmoud Kalari, the renowned Iranian cinematographer will be honored on the sideline of the festival.
Nantes Film Festival is held annually in France with participation of Asian, African and Latin American films.