‘Salesman’ to go on screen at Beijing film festival

The 7th edition of the Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) has scheduled to screen Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning ‘The Salesman’.

Starting today, the event will send ‘The Salesman’ on screen at the non-competitive section.

Directed by renowned Iranian filmmaker, ‘the Salesman’ tells the story of a young couple named Emad (Shahab Hosseini) and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti) who move into a new apartment in the center of Tehran. However, an incident linked to the previous tenant dramatically changes their lives.

The film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film as well as double awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival this year.

‘The Sis’ by Marjan Ashrafizadeh and ‘A Dragon Arrives!’ by Mani Haqiqi are the other representatives of Iran at the Chinese event.

The 7th BJIFF is composed of over 300 activities, such as Competition Section Tiantan Award, Opening Ceremony, Beijing Film Panorama and Theme Forum as well as other related activities such as Forward Future Section, Documentary Section and Online Film Section.

The 7th edition of the Beijing International Film Festival is scheduled to be held on April 16-23, 2017.

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