India to host Iranian ‘Diapason’

Iranian feature ‘Diapason’ has been scheduled to attend the 3rd edition of the Habitat International Film Festival (HIFF) in India.

Directed by Hamed Tehrani, the 93-minute flick will be on the festival’s screen on the second day of the event which is March 14.

‘Diapason’ narrates the story of a 50-year-old single mother named Ranaa who lives with her daughter Hoda. On an accident her daughter dies and the incident ends all her happiness in life.

A tag line for the flick reads "If you had broken his arm the first time that he hit his sister, you would not have ended up here".

A number of ifilm stars such as Behnoush Bakhtiyari and Zhaleh Sameti portray the two main roles of the feature. Some other cast members include Alireza Ostadi, Mehdi Hosseininia, Masoumeh Rahmani, Babak Nouri, Shadi Ganji, Mahsa Akbari, Sara Sarabi and Yekta Tabibi.

Hossein Tehrani has been the writer and ifilm star of ‘The Fateful Day’ movie Alireza Shojanouri has been in charge of the flick’s production.

The film has so far attended a number of international film events, including the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea and the TOFIFEST International Film Festival in Poland.

The HIFF is aiming at showcasing the bests of 2019 and 2020. The films that have been accepted at the latest edition of the Indian event have already been among the award-winners of other international events or have some elevated values to add to filmmaking around the world.

The third edition of the HIFF is slated for March 13- 22, 2020.

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