US fest to screen Iran movie

The Houston Asian American Pacific Islander Film Festival (HAAPIFEST) in the US is scheduled to receive Iranian feature film ‘Metamorphosis in the Slaughterhouse’.

Directed by Javad Daraee, the film will hit the screen at the 17th edition of the American film event.

‘Metamorphosis in the Slaughterhouse’ is about Shadi. When her parents were accused of murdering a girl and thus killed by the villagers, Shadi was only a little girl.

She was, then, adopted by her uncle and grew up. Shadi must now face the problems that the village residents have caused.

The cast list includes Fariba Talebi, Saeed Ahmadi, Fariba Torkashvand, Farahnaz Manafi-Zaher, Foujan Ahmadi, Mahshid Khosravi, Iman Sarraf, Arezou Balali-Dehkordi, Sarina Yousefi, Mohammad Eqlimi, Amir-Abbas Ghazaee, and Avin Kouhzadeh.

The film has already been showcased at a number of global events, including the International film festival Cyprus and the Efebo d’oro International Cinema and Narrative Award in Italy.

Launched in 2004, the HAAPIFEST aims to emphasize the diversity of Asian American Pacific and Islander culture and to reach out to filmmakers and artists of these regions.

This year’s edition of the fest will be held on June 3-13 in Houston, Texas.

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