Olympus filmfest to screen Iran ‘Fermysk’

Iranian director’s ‘Fermysk’ has been selected to vie at the competition section of the first Olympus Film Festival in Los Angeles, the US.

Directed by Maryam Pirband, ‘Fermysk’ recounts the story of a young pregnant Kurdish girl who survived during a Daesh attack.

She comes out of the Iraqi Kurdistan region with a group of refugees without any identification for a reason.

Two volunteers, Tina and Victor, help her. Victor was a war veteran and does this for people affected by war in order to relieve his conscience.

Suddenly something strange happens and they understand why she hides her identification.

‘Fermysk’ has won awards at some global film events, including the Hollywood Dreamz International Film Festival, the MEGAFest Action on Film, and the International Independent Shorts Awards in the US, as well as the 2018 Borobudur International Film Festival in Indonesia.

Last year, Pirband received Best Female Director Award at Action On Film Festival for her short movie ‘Silence’ which narrates the story of one day of a deaf woman (mother) who has a hard job; she washes the outside of high buildings on rope. During an ordinary day, passing from each floor to another, she observes some stories and suddenly in front of a floor she saves another woman’s life while she is still on the rope.

Nazo Bravo, Maryam Sheikhmamondi, Leila Mirfakhraei and Ramin Madani star in ‘Fermysk’.

The 1st edition of the Olympus Film Festival is slated for July 10, 2019, in Hollywood, the US.

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