US to host Iran short

Iranian short film ‘Aparat’ is scheduled to be screened at the University Of Hawaii in the US.

Written, produced and directed by Hassan Najmabadi, the film will represent Iran at the American university.

The short film is about six teenage boys in a remote village who decide to work in the corrals in order to raise the money they need to rent an 8-mm movie projector from a tour guide.

The cast list of ‘Aparat’ includes Mehdi Qolizadeh, Ebrahim Najmabadi, Emad Mohebbi, Abolfazl Najmabadi, Amir Najmabadi, Amir-Mohammad Najmabadi, Mohammad-Reza Najmabadi, Zari Najmabadi, and Mehdi Rezaee.

‘Aparat’ has previously participated in the Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (BIAFF) in Georgia, International Children’s Film Festival – Cinekid ScreeningClub in Amsterdam, and the Gold Coast Film Festival in the US.

Launched in 1907, the slogan of Hawaii University is 'Human life is above all nations'.

100 films from 25 countries will be screened at this university, in collaboration with the KIDS First! Film Festival on February 12 – 21, 2022.

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