Kolkata Film Festival to screen Iranian feature ‘Kupal’

The 23rd edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) in India has set to screen Iranian feature ‘Kupal’.

The 81-minute Iranian film will hit the silver screen at the “International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images” of the Indian event.

It will compete with movies from France, Chile, Brazil, Bangladesh, Argentina, Poland, Greece, Bulgaria, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, India, and Turkey.

Directed by Kazem Mollaie, ‘Kupal’ narrates the story of Dr. Ahmad Kupal, who is a taxidermist hunter, when he faces a challenge just before the New Year.

The main cast in 'Kupal' is Levon Haftvan and a smart dog named Sharon plays a key role in the movie.

Nazanin Farahani, Pourya Rahimi-Sam, and Hossein Shamsabadi are among the notable cast of Mollaie’s flick.

Mollaie’s feature film debut attended the competitive section of Fajr Film Festival in February and recently won the best feature award at the ‘Around’ Film Festival in Amsterdam as well as the best foreign film award at the 26th edition of the Berkeley Video & Film Festival in the US.

Born in 1981, Molaie holds a BA in Cinema Directing from Sooreh University of Tehran and is a member of the Iranian Young Cinema Society. He is also a member of the Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds (Khaneh Cinema) and the Iranian Short Film Association (ISFA). He has been a jury member of the Iranian Short Film Academy and a member of board of directors at ISFA.

The KIFF is an annual film festival held in Kolkata, India. Founded in 1995, it is the second oldest international film festival in the country.

The 23rd edition of the KIFF, set to be opened by screening Iranian film ‘Yellow’ directed by Mostafa Taqizadeh on November 10, will be concluded on November 17, 2017.

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