Iran’s ‘Coexist’ on screen at Diogenes fest

The Diogenes- Tbilisi International Short Film Internet Festival has been screening Iranian short flick ‘Coexist’.

Directed by Komeil Soheili, the 12-minute flick is currently on screen at the 2nd round of the Georgian film event.

The film is about a blind captain living on Hormuz Island in south of Iran.

As the tensions increase, he starts making some traditional bread using three unexpected elements from the island.

He fishes by his one of a kind ability to hear the sound of fish in the ocean.

Then, he collects the island’s natural salt and its eating soil to make the bread.

‘Coexist’ has already participated in a number of global events, including the Terres Travel Festival-Films and Creativity in Spain and the International Disability Film Festival “Breaking Down Barriers” in Russia.

Soheili is a young prolific Iranian filmmaker and documentarian who gained lots of international recognitions for his works such as ‘Baraka, the Cow’, ‘The Little Plant’, ‘So Far, So Close’, ‘Branches and Brushes’.  

The Diogenes, which is an online event, accepts films in any digital format, including vertical such as movies shot with smart phones held vertically.

The festival that has been underway since November 30 will wrap up on December 10 and the winners will be announced on December 15.

AA/FM