Denmark’s Buster filmfest to showcase Iranian ‘Dressage’

The 2018 edition of the Buster Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Denmark has set to screen Iranian feature ‘Dressage’.

Directed by Pouya Badkoubeh, ‘Dressage’ tells the story of Golsa and her friends who, motivated primarily by boredom rather than greed, decide to rob a corner shop.

While evaluating the robbery, they are dismayed to realize that they forgot to bring along the CCTV footage; so one of them must return to the crime scene and the vote falls on Golsa.

Ali Mosaffa, Shabnam Moqaddami, Houshang Tavakkoli, Alireza Sanifar, Alireza Aqakhani, and Siamak Adib are among the cast.

The Iranian feature has won Best First Film Award at the 36th Fajr International Film Festival as well as Golden Gazelle Award for Best Feature Film at the 7th Persian International Film Festival in Australia and received jury award at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) in Germany.

It has gone on screen at several global festivals, including the 8th “On the Edge” Sakhalin Film Festival in the US, the 2018 Melbourne International Film Festival in Australia, the 21st Shanghai International Film Festival in China, the 11th Granada International Film Festival in Spain, and the 65th Sydney International Film Festival in Australia.

‘Dressage’ is also set to go on screen at the 37th edition of the Vancouver International Film Festival in Canada.

The Buster Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth, offering different workshops, debates and Q&A sessions with filmmakers, focuses on 3-16 year-olds.

The 2018 edition of the annual film festival, set to screen some 130 features, documentaries and short films from around the world, is slated for September 27-October 10.

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