Stories from Iran in Sweden

Iranian movie ‘Beyond the Wall’ has made its way to the 2023 edition of the Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden.

The film directed and written by Vahid Jalilvand will represent Iran at the new section of the 46th edition of the event, named “Stories from Iran”.

The film is about a blind man whose suicide attempt is interrupted by his building’s concierge who informs him of an escaped woman’s hideout in the building. It becomes the blind man’s goal to help her.

‘Beyond the Wall’ has gone on screen at some global events, including the Venice International Film Festival in Italy and the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada.

 Starting in 1979, the Göteborg Film Festival is the largest film festival in the Nordic countries. Each year the festival’s program group travels around the world to track down choice films to bring back to Göteborg.

These films are then presented during the ten-day festival at the end of January, creating a great banquet serving audiences with nearly 450 films from some 80 countries.

The 46th edition of the festival is scheduled for January 27 – February 5, 2023.

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