Brazil fest screening 3 Iranian short films

The 31st Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival in Brazil is screening three short films from Iran.

The three short films include ‘Weekend’ by Ario Motevaqe, ‘The Other’ co-directed by Ako Zand-Karimi and Saman Hosseinpour, and Ashkan Ahmadi’s ‘Kalima’.

‘Weekend’ is about two families who have gone on a picnic, but it was later revealed that they went to the park for another purpose.

‘The Other’ is an Iranian-Indian film. It tells the story of a traditional man who - after the death of his wife- suspects she was cheating on him.

Meanwhile, ‘Kalima’ is about a girl who goes with her father to the border areas with a hostile country to catch a butterfly.

The 31st Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival began on August 20 and will run until August 30.

This year’s edition of the festival is being held virtually.

SQ/AG