Canadian GbeckFF to screen ‘Ava’s Silence’ from Iran

The Gbeck Future Film Festival (GbeckFF) in Canada has scheduled to screen Iranian short flick ‘Ava’s Silence’.

Directed and written by Seyyed-Qolamreza Nematpour, the flick will compete at the short film section of the 7th GbeckFF.

‘Ava’s Silence’ narrates the story of a girl named Ava. She has to work in her ill father’s auto shop.

She is waiting for her brother to return from military service so she can marry her fiancé.

The cast list of the flick includes Mahshid Dalvand, Amir-Masoud Masoudi, Morteza Fallahi, Ilia and Ahoura Dargahi, Hamid-Reza Hafezi, Seyyed-Taha Najafinejad, Hassan Ahmadvand, Sobhan Mohammadpour, Faezeh Khansari, and Peyman Karamzadeh.

‘Ava’s Silence’ has so far gone on screen at a number of global events, including the first Ealing Film Festival in the UK, where it won the awards for Best Film and Best Narrative.

According to the GbeckFF website, “It is a competition of original films created by filmmakers from around the world, designed to discover and support young filmmakers."

The shortlisted films for the festival will be released in February 2021 with the winners to be announced in April.

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