Iran short film ‘Compass’ to be screened at SWFF in Italy

Iran short film ‘Compass’ has been scheduled to go on the silver screen at the 8th edition of the Social World Film Festival in Italy.

The flick is set to be screened at Young Film Market section of the event on July 26.

Directed by Meysam Abbasi, the short film depicts the story of an old man whose only mate is an old lady who sits besides his home every morning and watches the birds. After a while the old man faces a problem that makes him stay at home.

Social World Film Festival is a festival dedicated to social cinema which takes place every year in Vico Equense (Naples, Italy), a wonderful city on the Sorrento Coast. 

Social World film Festival can be considered not only as a film festival but also as a social and cultural gathering, an occasion for denouncement and reflection upon important themes: social cinema as an international medium of communication, an opportunity for social debate, a space for critique, development and promotion.

The 2018 edition of the film event is slated for July 29-August 5.

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