Iran’s ‘The Doll’ to vie at Philadelphia filmfest

The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (PAAFF) in the US has been set to host Iranian short flick ‘The Doll’.

Directed by Elaheh Esmaeeli, the 33-minute doc is selected to be screened at the main competition section of the 15th edition of the US event.

‘The Doll’ shows how the whole family members of a young girl can have parts in her future and fate. She is only 14 when the family is making a decision about marrying her off.

The film won the best short film award at the Iranian Film Festival of Zurich in Switzerland, the Gold Remi award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival in the US, the award for best international short doc at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and some other awards and nominations at several other worldwide events.

The short doc has also toured various global galas, including the Atlanta Film Festival in the US, the International Film Festival of Huesca in Spain, the kort film festivalen in Norway, the Female Eye Film Festival in Canada, the Tirana International Film Festival in Albania, the Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival in China, and the Athens International Film + Video Festival in the US.

The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival “aims to serve as a platform to showcase and celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander diaspora storytellers and their works”, the website of the event reads.

The 2022 edition of the festival will take place on November 3-13.

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