‘Gray Umbrella’ to be screened at Big Sur Int’l film fest

Iranian short film ‘Gray Umbrella’ has been scheduled to go on the silver screen at the 12th edition of Big Sur Film Festival in the US.

Directed by Mohmmad Poustindouz, the flick is to attend the competition section of the American film event.

Based on a loose adaptation of a short story by Argentinean writer Fernando Sorrentino, called ‘There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting me on the Head with an Umbrella’, the ‘Gray Umbrella’ is the story of a man with a bad habit, until a man with an umbrella enters his life.

So far, the film has succeeded to win the Best Short Film award at the 40th edition of USA Film Festival.

Founded in 2006, The Big Sur International Short Film Festival has been showcasing the best of short films from around the world. The screenings are outdoors in a natural amphi-theater which is one of the most beautiful venues in the world to view film.

The 2018 edition of the event is slated for May 30-June 3, in California, the US.

MMF/MMF