Director Latifi to make ‘Pontiac’

Iranian director Mohammad-Hossein Latifi is to directed new movie project ‘Pontiac’.

Produced by Mohammad Neshat, the film is now waiting to receive the production permit.

The pre-production will start soon after the project receives the license.

Born in 1963, Mohammad-Hossein Latifi began his film career as an assistant director in 1985.

Latifi has made some movies such as ‘Speed’ (1996), ‘Sunglasses’ (1999), ‘Iranian Girl’ (2002), ‘Girls' Dormitory’ (2004), ‘The Third Day’ (2006), ‘Forced Blessing’ (2007) and ‘Paris to Paris’ (2010).

In 2000, he was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Iran Cinema Celebration Awards for ‘Sunglasses’. ‘The Third Day’ won him a Fajr International Film Festival Crystal Simorgh for Best Director in 2007.

Latifi has also made a number of series, including ‘The Magic Coat’ (1998-1999), ‘Neighbors’ (2000), ‘The Green Journey’ (2001-2002), ‘Great Escape’ (2004), ‘Vafa’ (2006), ‘The Spiritualists’ (2006), ‘Stairway to Heaven’ (2009), ‘Heart of Ice’ (2010-2011), ‘Made in Iran’ (2011), ‘Chimney’ (2013), ‘A Time to Love’ (2013), and ‘Leila's Loneliness’ (2015).

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