‘Killing the Eunuch Khan’ wins award at Rhode Island fest

Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) in the US has awarded Iranian film ‘Killing the Eunuch Khan’.

Directed by Abed Abest, the film won the Grand Prix at the Vortex Sci-Fi & Fantasy Award Section of the event.

Abest’s second directorial experience, the movie narrates the life story of a serial killer.

Set during the war between Iraq and Iran, a father lives with his two daughters in a big, strangely haunted house in a nearly deserted city close to the border.

One day, he leaves the girls at home alone in order to participate in a funeral ceremony.

That same day, the city is struck by a bombing raid, and a bomb falls in his garden.

From that point on, some sort of ghostly vibration unhinges his own reality, and the world of the dead seems to mingle with the world of the living.

Produced by Shahrzad Seifi, the cast list of the film includes Ebrahim Azizi, Vahid Rad, Misaq Zare, Iman Basim, Sara Mohammadi, and Mahsima Kabari.

Flickers’ Rhode Island fest is one of the best international film festivals and top 10 short film festivals in the United States.

The fest celebrates the independent spirit in film and has become a haven for independent filmmakers from throughout the world.

Rhode Island International Film Festival is one of the Best International Film Festivals and the top 10 Short Film Festivals in the United States.

RIIFF is an Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences qualifying event.

This year’s edition of the event was held on August 7-13.

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