Mexico fest to screen ‘Gray Umbrella’

Iran short film ‘Gray Umbrella’ has been scheduled to go on the silver screen at the 4th edition of Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Paracho in Mexico.

Directed by Mohmmad Poustindouz the short film is to represent Iran at the Mexican film event.

‘Gray Umbrella’ is based on a loose adaptation of a short story by Argentine writer Fernando Sorrentino, titled ‘There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting me on the Head with an Umbrella’.

Poustindouz's ‘Gray Umbrella’ is the story of a man with a bad habit, until a man with an umbrella enters his life.

So far, the film has succeeded to win the Best Short Film award at the 40th edition of USA Film Festival and the best international short film award at the 2018 International Short Film Festival Cine a la Calle in Colombia.

The Festival in its four editions has received the cooperation and participation of various institutions and organizations in cinematic character and national and international reach from different parts of the world.

The 2018 edition of the event is slated for October 31-December 2, in Mexico.

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