Cinemas to enjoy new movies in Nowruz

Screening Council of Iran’s Culture Ministry has announced the list of seven Iranian films to go on screen at the domestic cinema theaters during Nowruz holidays.

The Screening Council announced the titles on Monday, ahead of the Persian New Year, 1397, to be started from March 20.

The films will hit the theaters across the country from Wednesday, March 14, 2018.

The animation ‘The Elephant King’ directed by Hadi Mohammadian, ‘Lottery’ directed by Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian, and ‘Damascus Time’ directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia are in the list.

The other four titles, ‘Confiscation’ directed by Mehran Ahmadi, ‘Ferrari’ directed by Alireza Davoudnejad, ‘Vespiary’ directed by Borzou Niknejad and ‘Khargioush’ directed by Mani Baqbani, are all from comedy genre.

‘The Elephant King’ is about a funny baby elephant who must quickly find the courage to be the successor to his father as the leader of the elephants.

 The story of ‘Lottery’ revolves around trafficking Iranian women to Arab countries.

‘Damascus Time’ tells the story of an Iranian pilot and his son as copilot who are seized by the Daesh Takfiri terrorists in Syria when they are in the country to deliver a cargo of humanitarian relief supplies to people in a war-torn region.

The story of ‘Confiscation’ is set in the 1970s. It is about a man who works for Iran’s pre-revolution intelligence service, SAVAK.

‘Ferrari’ tells the story of Golnar, a young ambitious girl who moves from a remote Iranian town to Tehran just to pose with a luxurious Ferrari for photos.

‘Vespiary’ makes fun of two thieves who enter a big game after receiving a mysterious box.

“There will be no night like tonight,” the tagline for ‘Khargioush’ reads.

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