Shnit filmfest to host Iran ‘Solar Eclipse’

Iranian-French short film ‘Solar Eclipse’ is scheduled to vie at the Switzerland-based Shnit Worldwide Short Film Festival.

Co-directed by Raha Amirfazli and Alireza Qasemi, the film will vie at the main competition section of this year’s edition of the event.

“Saaghi and her two friends have come to the largest park in Tehran to take pictures of the one-in-a-century total eclipse later in the afternoon. Mischievous and rebellious, they steal a camera stand, lie to their parents and discuss boys and an upcoming party. As the sun disappears, Saaghi sees something that should have stayed hidden,” a synopsis for the film reads.

The Shnit Worldwide Short Film Festival is “an exceptional eleven-day event with a unique concept – a transnational film festival simultaneously taking place in multiple cities on five continents worldwide, with three main components: shnit PLAYGROUNDS, taking place in all of our PLAYGROUND cities, shnit SHORTS, in cinemas all around the world, and our shnit FINALE awards ceremony in New York,” the event’s website reads.

The 19th edition of the festival is currently underway from October 21-31, 2021.

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