Zurich filmfest to screen Iranian ‘A Hero’

The 17th edition of the Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) in Switzerland has been scheduled to screen Iranian feature ‘A Hero’.

The film directed by renowned filmmaker Asghar Farhadi is about Rahim (Amir Jadidi), a working-class man separated from his first wife, with whom he has a stuttering young son, who has spent three years incarcerated for defaulting on a debt, but is given leave for two days, during which he tries to turn around his fortunes, but quickly finds himself caught in a web of white lies.

The Hollywood Reporter predicted ‘A Hero’ to be Iran’s submission for the next edition of the Academy Awards.

Also set to compete at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea and currently vying at the Adana Golden Boll International Film Festival in Turkey, the movie has so far toured a wide range of the most prominent global galas, including the Cannes Film Festival in France, where it won the Grand Prix.

According to the official website of the ZFF, “The Zurich Film Festival provides a platform for the most promising filmmakers from around the globe. It aims to promote exchange between emerging directors, successful film workers, the film industry and the general public”.

The 2021 edition of the event will be held September 23-October 3.

This edition of the ZFF will also host Iranian-French feature ‘A Ballad for the White Cow’.

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