Iranian ‘A Ballad for the White Cow’ to vie at Stockholm Int'l fest

Iranian feature ‘A Ballad for the White Cow’ has been selected to compete at the 32nd edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival in Sweden.

Made by Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moqaddam, the feature narrates the story of a young woman named Mina who lives alone with her deaf child while her husband had been executed for a murder charge a year ago.

Mina tries to get her life together, take good care of her child, and make both ends meet. However, her life gets more sorrowful when she finds out that her husband was innocent.

‘Ballad of a White Cow’ is a coproduction by Qolamreza Mousavi and Etienne de Ricaud.

The cast list of the movie includes Moqaddam, Alireza Sanifar, Farid Qobadi, Lili Farhadpour, and Pouria Rahimi-Sam.

The film has already participated in a number of prestigious film events, including the Berlin International Film Festival, the Tribeca Film Festival in the US, and the Melbourne International Film Festival in Australia.

Started in 1990, the Stockholm International Film Festival is one of the leading film festivals in Europe.

The festival hosts 150 film premieres from more than 60 countries.

The event is slated for November 10-21, 2021.

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