Busan Film Festival to screen Iranian film ‘Not Yet’

The 34th edition of the Busan International Short Film Festival (BISFF) is to screen Iranian film ‘Not Yet’ by Arian Vazirdaftari.

'Not Yet' produced by Majid Barzegar will vie at the International Competition section of the South Korean event.

The 15-minute film is about Hasti who has just turned 21. She studies abroad and her parents in Iran want to congratulate her online.

The short film had its national premiere at the 33rd edition of the Tehran Short Film Festival in November 2016 in Iran, winning the award for best fiction.

‘Not Yet’ will enjoy two screening sessions at the competition on April 27 and 29.

The film director Vazirdaftari has made 5 short films so far.

The 2017 Busan International Short Film Festival looks into the current trend of international short films and presents four program categories. It includes Official Competition, Guest Country Program, World Shorts and Shorts for Family under which subcategories are associated respectively.

The 34th edition of the BISFF is slated for April 25-30, 2017, in Busan Cinema Center, South Korea.

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