Iran festival to display Palestine doc

Palestinian documentary ‘Roshmia’ is slated to be screened at the Cinéma vérité Film Festival in Iran.

Directed by Salim Abu Jabal, the film will be displayed at special screening section of the event, a local media report said on Wednesday.

The 70-minute documentary narrates the story of an elderly Palestinian couple Yusef and Ameneh, who are fighting with the Zionist Regime forces to save their land and lifestyle in ‘Roshmia’, Haifa’s last natural valley.

The film has been screened in many international film festivals in the Netherlands, Italy, Algeria and Canada, winning numerous awards.

Iran International Documentary Film Festival, Cinéma vérité, is aimed at protecting the nation's identity, promoting creative documentary and reinforcing the link between documentary cinema and social facts and events.

The fest also strives to introduce new global developments in documentary cinema, provide financial support for documentarians by distributing and screening their works in other festivals as well as breaking down barriers to film production.

The 11th Cinéma vérité is scheduled for December 10-17, 2017 in the Iranian capital city of Tehran.

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