Iran’s ‘No Choice’ to vie at Vesoul fest

Iranian movie ‘No Choice’ has been scheduled to be screened at the Vesoul International Film Festival in France.

The 2022 edition of the French event will host the Iranian movie by Reza Dormishian.

The movie is about women and their issues in society. It tells the story of three women who clash when a determined lawyer takes on the case of a homeless girl against a doctor. A 16-year-old homeless girl repeatedly works as a surrogate mother for money. A human rights attorney tries to rescue her, but inevitably faces difficulties.

The cast list of the film includes Parsa Pirouzfar, Negar Javaherian, Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, Parivash Nazariyeh, Mayam Boubani, Jaleh Olov, Babak Karimi, Homayoun Ershadi, Reza Behboudi, and Pardis Ahmadieh.

Also set for screening at the Sofia Middle East and North Africa Region Film Festival in Bulgaria and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in the US, ‘No Choice’ has taken part in various global events such as the Tokyo International Film Festival in Japan, the Hong Kong International Film Festival, the Belgrade International Film Festival in Serbia, the Shanghai International Film Festival in China, the Mons International Film Festival in Belgium, the Transilvania International Film Festival in Romania, the Chennai International Film Fest, the Thrissur International Film Festival, the Bangalore International Film Festival, and the Pune International Film Festival, all in India.

It grabbed three awards for Best Film, Best Audience choice, and Best NETPAC film at the Asiatica Film Festival in Italy and won an award at the 013 Cinecitta International Film Festival in the Netherlands.

Established in 1995, the goal of the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas is to promote the cinema of Asian territories through cinema.

The 2022 edition of the French fest is slated for February 1-8.

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