Russia’s VGIK filmfest to host Iran’s ‘Aparat’

The VGIK International Student Festival in Russia has scheduled to host Iranian short flick ‘Aparat’.

Written, produced and directed by Hassan Najmabadi, the short flick will go on screen at the competition section of the 41st edition of the Russian event.

‘Aparat’ is about six teenage boys in a remote village who decide to work in the corrals in order to raise the money they need to rent an 8-mm movie projector from a tour guide.

The cast list of the flick includes Mehdi Qolizadeh, Ebrahim Najmabadi, Emad Mohebbi, Abolfazl Najmabadi, Amir Najmabadi, Amir-Mohammad Najmabadi, Mohammad-Reza Najmabadi, Zari Najmabadi, and Mehdi Rezaee.

It was screened at a number of global events, including the Gold Coast Film Festival, the Arlington International Film Festival, and the KIDS First! Film Festival, all in the US, as well as the MikroFAF Film Festival in Serbia, the International Children’s Film Festival – Cinekid Screening Club in the Netherlands, and the Batumi International Art-House Film Festival in Georgia.

The 41st edition of the VGIK is slated for November 15-19 in Moscow. This year, the festival received 167 applications from 48 countries and 114 film schools.

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