‘Driving Lessons’ to vie at Budapest Int’l Short Film Festival

Iranian acclaimed film ‘Driving Lessons’ by Marzieh Riahi is to compete at the 8th annual Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival in Hungary.

Riahi’s 13-minute film narrates the story of Bahareh, who, according to Iranian law, must have her husband accompany her during driving lessons so that she and her instructor are not left alone together without a third party presence.

‘Driving Lessons’ stars Linda Kiani, Alireza Sanifar, Salar Khamseh, and Sanaz Mesbah.

The film won the best short film at the 22nd edition of the Religion Today Film Festival in Italy, the best non-Irish short award at the Dublin Feminist Film Festival in Ireland, the Golden Apricot for best short film at the 16th Golden Apricot International Film Festival in Yerevan, Armenia, the Special Jury Award at the 13th Film Festival for Women’s Rights (FIWOM) in South Korea, and best short drama at the 13th edition of the ‘I Will Tell International Film Festival’ in London.

‘Driving Lessons’ has gone on screen at several global events, including the 49th Tampere Film Festival in Finland, the 59th Cartagena Film Festival in Colombia, as well as the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, the 42nd Mill Valley Film Festival, the 2020 Big Muddy Film Festival, the 2020 Houston Iranian Film Festival, and the 50th Nashville Film Festival, all in the US, as well as the 12th Elles Tournent Festival in Belgium, the 2020 Dhaka International Film Festival in Bangladesh, the 10th Karama Human Rights Film Festival in Jordan, the 32nd Exground Film Festival in Germany, the 17th Shnit Worldwide Short Film Festival in Switzerland, as well as the 2nd Best of Fests of the North Texas Film Festivals and the 21st Through Women’s Eyes International Film Festival in the US.

The short film is also scheduled to go on screen at the International Regensburg Short Film Week in Germany, the 2020 Beirut International Women Film Festival in Lebanon, 13th Trenton Film Festival in the US, and the 29th Brattleboro Women’s Film Festival in the US.

The main goal of Friss Hús is to present the newest Hungarian and international short films and also to create a professional forum where filmmakers looking for feedback and dialogue can show their works to a larger audience.

Between 23 and 29 March at the Toldi Cinema, the eighth annual Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival will be held.

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