Iranian short ‘Retouch’ to vie at German fest

Iranian award-winning title ‘Retouch’ has been set to attend the Bunter Hund International Short Film Festival in Germany.

Directed by Kaveh Mazaheri, the 19-minute flick will be in competition at the Love & Other Atrocities section of the 21st edition of the German event.

‘Retouch’ narrates the story of a woman who cold-bloodedly leaves her husband to die. The woman takes her child and does not attend to her husband who has had a deadly accident at home.

The acclaimed short has so far attended more than 70 international events and has bagged various awards, including the Best Short Film Award at the Shnit Worldwide Short Film Festival in Switzerland and the Best Director award at the BangkokThai International Film Festival in Thailand.

Mohammad-Hossein Ziksari, Hana Fouladi-Fard, Azadeh Abadpour, Siamak Farsi, Negin Ahmadi and Shirin Harati are the cast members of the flick.

Since 1996, the Bunter Hund International Short Film Festival has been a major short film event held in the city of Munich in Germany.

The upcoming edition of the German event is slated for March 5-8, 2020.

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