‘Metamorphosis in the Slaughterhouse’ wins nom at US fest

Iranian feature ‘Metamorphosis in the Slaughterhouse’ has won a nomination at the Bare Bone International Film festival in the US.

Directed by Javad Daraee, the film is among the five nominees for the award of Best Foreign Language Feature Director at the 22nd edition of the US event.

‘Metamorphosis in the Slaughterhouse’ will race with films from India, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Japan to gain the award in this category of the fest.

The movie is about Shadi. When her parents were accused of murdering a girl and thus killed by the villagers, Shadi was only a little girl.

She was, then, adopted by her uncle and grew up. Shadi must now face the problems that the village residents have caused.

The cast list includes Fariba Talebi, Saeed Ahmadi, Fariba Torkashvand, Farahnaz Manafi-Zaher, Foujan Ahmadi, Mahshid Khosravi, Iman Sarraf, Arezou Balali-Dehkordi, Sarina Yousefi, Mohammad Eqlimi, Amir-Abbas Ghazaee, and Avin Kouhzadeh.

‘Metamorphosis in the Slaughterhouse’ has already been screened at a number of global events, including the International film festival Cyprus and the Efebo d’oro International Cinema and Narrative Award in Italy.

Established in 1999, the Bare Bone International Film Festival is based in Oklahoma. The event screens low budget independent films.

This year’s edition of the fest is slated for April 22-May 1.

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