Gollut filmfest to screen 'Forouzan'

Iranian short 'Forouzan' has been scheduled to go on the silver screen at the 5th edition of the Gollut Film Festival in Spain.

Directed by Abbas Khosravinejad, the short film is to attend the competition section and represent Iran at the Spanish event.

The short film tells the story of a young woman whose husband has recently passed away.

She lives with her two young children in a village and protects a herd of sheep against the attack of thieves at night.

founded in 2013, the Gollut Film Festival projects and rewards works that transmit values with social commitment, inform or denounce facts that affect society and that are not sufficiently disseminated in the usual cinemas, media or audiovisual distribution channels.

The 2018 edition of the event is slated for October 12-November 3 in Spain.

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