Iranian short ‘Cover’ wins at Italian filmfest

The short flick ‘Cover’ has garnered the Special Jury Award at the 2020 edition of the TRAME Independent Short Film Festival in Italy.

According to Iranian media reports, the short film was among 13 finalists in the Narrative category of the festival’s fourth edition.

Directed by Vahid Alvandi, the synopsis of ‘Cover’ reads, “The corpse of Ahmad, a blue-collar worker, comes back to life. But, this time he does not want to lead the life he was living before.”

The cast list of the flick includes Yousef Yazdani, Hadi Eftekharzadeh, Hamed Nassaj-Bokharaee, and Babak Rezapour.

The short film has previously gone on screen at several international film festivals, including the Bolton Film Festival in the UK, the Termeh 4th Iranian Cultural Festival in Germany, and the Third Eye Asian Film Festival in India.

‘Cover’ has grabbed an honorary diploma at the 2019 edition of the International Amity Short Film Festival in Turkey.

The TRAME festival was held in a hybrid structure to give all the audience an opportunity to participate in the event.

The 2020 edition of the event was held on September 24.

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