Iran Film Week to commence in Argentina

The Iran Independent Film Week has been scheduled to commence in Argentina, jointly with the Latin American country’s prestigious National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts.

The Ammar Popular Film Festival (APFF) has arranged for the Iran event to take place from February 23-25 with screenings of a selected number of APFF films in Buenos Aires.

‘The Gold Collars’ and ‘Orphanage of Iran’, the latest films produced by renowned Iranian director Abolghasem Talebi, are to be screened during the week. Both films are considered anti-British works.

Moreover, ‘All Alone’ by Ehsan Abdipour - a film focusing on Iran’s nuclear program - is another film that will be displayed in Buenos Aires during the event.

‘The Gas Regulator’, ‘Bright Lights’, ‘Solomon and the Ant’, ‘The Love Market’ and ‘Iran is Great’, are short documentaries which will be showcased to the public in Argentinean theaters during the week.

The National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (also referred to as the Argentine National Film Board) is a government film production company in Buenos Aires.

It promotes to showcase the Argentine film industry by funding qualified film production companies. The Institute was established on May 14, 1968.

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