EFM hosts Iran film

European Film Market (EFM) being held on the sidelines of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) in Germany is hosting Iranian movie ‘The Absent Director’.

Written by Naghmeh Samini and directed by Arvand Dashtaray, the film is being screened at the 2022 edition of the event.

‘The Absent Director’ is in one continuous take. It follows the various members of a young Iranian theater company during their secret rehearsals of Macbeth at their director’s home in Tehran, while he works with them remotely from Paris via video call.

Their dream is to submit the play to the Edinburgh Theater Festival on time, but things get complicated when their personal conflicts escalate, and their hidden agendas come to light. The heated tensions reach the climax when a mysterious tragedy threatens to bring their work to a complete halt.

The cast list of the movie includes the director, Marene Van Holk, Azadeh Mirzaee, and Tahere Hezaveh.

The Berlin International Film Festival is “one of the largest public film festivals in the world, attracting tens of thousands of visitors from around the globe each year”, the website of the event reads.

The 72nd edition of the festival is currently underway from February 10-20, 2022.

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