Croatia film festival to host Iran doc ‘Starless Dreams’

Iranian documentary ‘Starless Dreams’ is to be screened at ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival in Croatia.

Directed by Mehrdad Oskui, the documentary is to compete with 120 other documentaries from around the world.

The 76-minute ‘Starless Dreams’ shows young women in an Iranian juvenile detention center reflecting on the crimes they have committed and the circumstances that have shaped their lives.

The documentary has grabbed a number of prestigious awards and titles from various film events.

Oskui’s production has also received the Grierson Award for the best documentary at the 60th BFI London Film Festival and the Children’s Rights Award at the 31st Osnabruck Independent Film Festival in October.

Launched in 2005, the ZagrebDox is an international documentary film festival taking place in Zagreb every year, in late February/early March.It is a specialized festival that presents the best creative documentary films with an imaginary form and choice of topics that make it unique in Croatia and Europe.

The festival is scheduled to be launched on February 26- March 5, 2017 in Croatia this year.

FM/RSH