Iran film to compete at Russian festival

Iranian movie ‘Yellow’ is to compete at the International Festival ‘Bridge of Arts’ in Russia.

Directed by Mostafa Taghizadeh, the 93-minute film is to vie at the competition section of the festival.

‘Yellow’ features Iranian actor such as Bahram Radan, Sareh Bayat, Mehrdad Sedighian, Bahareh Kianafshar, Shahram Haghighatdoust, Alireza Ostadi, Hossein Mehri, Anahita Dargahi, Morteza Taghizadeh, Amir-Ali Nabavian and Ali Salehi.

The synopsis of ‘Yellow’ reads, “We are strange people... Our present is very different from our future”. 'Yellow' is slated to hit Iranian local cinemas soon.

“Bridge of Arts is a multiformat event comprising three directions: a motivational film festival, a business forum and a number of sport events accompanied by city holidays, excursions, spectacular concerts and shows,” the official website of the festival wrote.

Russian tourism and travel film competition “Russia Inspires!” will be conducted within the frameworks of the festival for the first time.

The festival will be held on August 23-28, 2017 in Russia.

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