Istanbul festival to screen ‘Tonight’s Homework’

The Istanbul Film Festival in Turkey has been set to screen Iranian documentary ‘Tonight’s Homework’.

Media reports said the documentary, co-directed by Ashkan Nejati and Mehran Nematollahi, will take part in the 41st edition of the Turkish event.

In ‘Tonight’s Homework’, the directors of the documentary, repeat questions, asked by Iran’s prominent director Abbas Kiarostami in his 1989 film ‘Homework’, to students at a state school, including questions about homework, punishments, and dreams for the future, to see how the society have changed.

The film has had its world premiere at the 34th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) in the Netherlands.

The Istanbul Film Festival is the first and oldest international film festival in Turkey.

The upcoming edition of the festival will take place on April 8-19.

SQ/MG