New Zealand to show ‘Lover and the Sea’

Iranian short flick ‘Lover and the Sea’ has been scheduled to vie at the Show Me Shorts Film Festival in New Zealand.

Written and directed by Ali Moazzen, the flick will vie at the main competition section of the 16th edition of the event.

‘Lover and the Sea’ is an 8-minute film about the betrayal of a married woman. She and her husband meet near a stark seaside location for a brief but telling exchange that will alter both their lives forever.

This year’s Show Me Shorts includes more world premieres than ever before. A record of 14 brand new films from New Zealand and around the world are included in this year’s line-up, whose filmmakers have chosen New Zealand’s biggest little film festival as the first outing for their masterpieces.

The Show Me Shorts is an Academy Awards-accredited festival that showcases selected films nationwide.

The festival aims to create and cultivate the infrastructure required to achieve the widest possible appreciation of short films in New Zealand, and New Zealand short films internationally.

COVID-permitting, the Festival will be launched on Friday 1 October at Auckland’s Rialto Cinemas Newmarket, and scheduled to wrap up on October 21.

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