Flickers fest to host Iranian movie

Iranian movie ‘Metamorphosis in the Slaughterhouse’ has been selected to compete at the 39th edition of the Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival in the US.

Directed by Javad Daraee and produced by Mehdi Kouhzadeh, the movie 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.

A coproduction of Iran, Germany, and Canada, ‘Metamorphosis in the Slaughterhouse’ went on screen at some global events, including the International Film Festival Cyprus, the Salerno International Film Festival and the Efebo d’oro- International Cinema and Narrative Award, both in Italy, the International Children’s Film Festival Bangladesh, and the Riverside International Film Festival in the US.

The Flickers’ Rhode Island Film Festival is a place for independent filmmakers to showcase their works.

The upcoming edition of the event is slated for August 9-15.

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