Portland filmfest to host Iranian ‘Exam’

Acclaimed Iranian short ‘Exam’ has been scheduled to vie at the Port Land International Film Festival in the US.

The 43rd edition of the US event will screen Sonia Haddad’s award-winning short at its short film competition section.

The film narrates the story of a girl named Sadaf who has forebodings for the exam she is going to take. But today, instead of going to school she must deliver a package of illegal drugs to a client and gets caught in a weird cycle of events.

‘Exam’ has participated at several international festivals and grabbed some awards, including the AFI fest award which made the title qualified for the short film category of the Oscars 2021 and the 35th Sundance Film Festival in the US has honored the flick’s star Sadaf Asgari with the Special Jury Award for Best Actor.

The short title will also attend the 29th edition of the Brattleboro Women’s Film Festival in the US.

The latest edition of the Port Land International Film Festival is slated for March 6-15, 2020.

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