Lebanon women's filmfest to host Iran doc

Beirut International Women’s Film Festival is to screen Iranian documentary 'Weavers of Imagination'.

Directed by Mohammad Seddiq-Jafari, the documentary will go on screen at the 2018 edition of the festival.

The documentary tells the story of a number of blind people who devise a Braille plan for weaving a carpet. It also depicts the good relationship and the happy moments that they have when they get together. 

It has so far succeeded to receive Best Documentary Awards from the first edition of the Lifft India World Festival which is held in Lonavla, a region near Mumbai.

‘Weavers of Imagination’ was also selected for the main section of the Zlatna Anthropology Festival in Romania in 2017.

Beirut International Women Film Festival (BWFF) is an annual event held in Beirut; gathering filmmakers and cinema lovers from all over the world, BWFF tackles issues such gender equality, domestic violence among others through the power of the lens and cinema, which is the window to society and particularly women in this case. 

The 2018 version of the festival is scheduled for March 13-18, 2018.

FM/AI