‘No Prior Appointment’ to vie at Sofia MENAR filmfest

Iranian movie ‘No Prior Appointment’ has been scheduled to vie at the Sofia MENAR Film Festival in Bulgaria.

Directed by Behrouz Shoeibi, the Iranian film will be screened at the Feature Films competition section of the 2023 edition of the event.

Produced by Mahmoud Babaee and Farabi Cinema Foundation, the social drama focuses on introducing autism in the best way to all people in society.

‘No Prior Appointment’ narrates the story of Yasaman, a woman who was six, the same age as her son, when immigrated with her family to Berlin. Now she has to come back to Iran due to her father’s death.

Her son is suffering from autism, which makes it difficult for her to travel easily. She achieves a new understanding of humanity and death during her short travel to Iran.

Mostafa Zamani, Pegah Ahangarani, Elham Korda, and Saber Abar are on the cast list of the movie.

‘No Prior Appointment’ won the award by Astan Qods Razavi, the organizational custodian of the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS), at the National Will Manifestation Awards, and was honored as the runner-up of the Qoqnus Screen Awards this year.

The Sofia MENAR Film Festival “makes Bulgarian audience familiar with the culture and traditions of the Islamic world”, an online submission platform reads.

“The program of Sofia MENAR Film Festival presents the best of the Middle East and North Africa cinema productions, including feature films, documentaries and short projects.”

The 15th edition of the event will launch on January 16-29, 2023.

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