Iran ‘Retouch’ competes at Polish Filmfest

Iranian short film ‘Retouch’ represents Iranian cinema at the 57th Krakow Film Festival in Poland.

The film directed by Kaveh Mazaheri will be competing in the European festival’s International Short Film Competition.

‘Retouch’ has won Crystal Simorgh for Best Short Film at Fajr Film Festival as well as grabbing the best short title from Iran Cinema Celebration.

Produced by the Iranian Young Cinema Society, ‘Retouch’ is about a young woman whose husband dies before her eyes and she just observes the tragic scene.

Krakow Film Festival is one of the oldest events in Europe dedicated to documentary, animated and short feature films. Its core consists of four competitions of equal rank: documentary film competition, short film competition, national competition and music documentary film competition DocFilmMusic.

This year, about 1800 short feature films, 500 documentary films and 300 animated films were submitted to the competition. In the competition, 32 films will be shown, including 5 from Poland.

The 57th edition of Krakow Film Festival will be held from May 28 through June 4, 2017 in Krakow, Poland.

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