Dhaka filmfest to host Iranian ‘Major’

Iranian feature film ‘Major’ is scheduled to vie at the Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) in Bangladesh.

Mehdi Jafari’s award-winning film will represent Iran at the 20th edition of the event.

A brief plot of ‘Major’, being shot in Bushehr city in south of Iran, has been unveiled to the media.

According to the plot, the film is about some illegal activities in a harbor city in Iran, which gets disturbed as a police dog comes into the story. The dog knows no negotiation and does not deal with anyone.

Hamid Farrokhnejad alongside some local actors, including Arash Maleki, Iraj Saghiri, Asghar Javadi, Hamid Baghaki, and Abbas Kamran form the cast list of the flick.

The website of the Dhaka Film Festival states the “DIFF is a bold expression of resistance against the decadence, vulgarity and cheap commercialism that pervades the mainstream Bangladesh film industry”.

The 20th edition of the event is scheduled for January 15-23, 2022.

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