Canadian fest nominates Iranian director

Iranian director Saba Qasemi has been nominated for the Best Director Award at the Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (TINFF) in Canada.

Her short film ‘Castle’ will participate at the 2020 edition of the TINFF.

“Some of the castles are built from bricks, some from books. But what make them stand are the memories…” a brief synopsis for the short film reads.

Also written by Qasemi, the short title enjoys the actors Sajjad Tabesh, Sima Shibani, Mahdokht Molaee, Emad Emami, Armin Sayyad, Ali Nasir, Arman Partovi, Ali Alikhani, Fatemeh Alikhani, Asghar Bayat, and Siavash Shibani.

The TINFF aims to bring films and music to the Canadian city of Toronto.

The main focus of the festival is to keep diversity and celebrate innovation and uniqueness.

The 2020 edition of the TINFF is scheduled for September 18-19.

PR/MG