Iran film to vie in Italy fest

Kazem Mollaie's 'Kupal' is scheduled to compete at the Ischia Film Festival in Italy.

The Iranian feature film will be screened at the competition section of the 16th edition of the festival.

‘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 of the movie is the late actor Levon Haftvan and a smart dog named Sharon plays a key role.

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

Ischia Film Festival cooperates together with the main Italian universities, providing research and data related to cinema tourism to be discussed in academic dissertations on territorial marketing, cinema and cinetourism.

The festival is now being held from June 30- July 7, 2018 in Italy.

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