Iran movie to vie at Lebanon filmfest

Iranian movie ‘Parting’ is set to be screened at Tripoli Film Festival 2017 in Lebanon.

Narrating the story of suffering, the movie was introduced as the representative of Afghanistan to the 89th edition of the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.

Directed by Mahmoudi brothers, the movie has gone on screen at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea in October 2016 as well as the 21st edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala in India.

‘Parting’ tells the story of two young Afghans in love, Nabi and Fereshteh. Fereshteh leaves the country with her parents to seek refuge in Iran and Nabi is to seek a better life for his love. The love story fluctuates among reaching and separation.

Tripoli Film Festival aims to give the city of Tripoli an open gate to re-emerge and re-position as a cultural hub and a city of exchange, tolerance and arts.

Each year edition brings new challenges on both networking and financial levels, and the most important one is keeping up with a high standard of professional organization.

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