Myrtle Beach filmfest to screen Iranian ‘Expediency’

The Myrtle Beach International Film Festival (MBIFF) in the US has been scheduled to screen Iranian movie ‘Expediency’.

Written and directed by Hossein Darabi and produced by Mohammad-Reza Shafah, the movie has been accepted to compete at the 17th edition of the US event.

‘Expediency’ is a police and crime movie that narrates the events of the late 1970s in Iran.

“The revolution of 1979 has just won. The son of one of the senior officials of the judicial system of the Iranian revolution is arrested in a suspicious conflict that leads to the death of one of the opponents of the revolution. Now the son's case must be pursued in a system in which the father has power,” its synopsis reads.

The cast list of the film includes Farhad Qaemian, Vahid Rahbani, Mehdi Hosseininia, Majid Norouzi, Amir Norouzi, Mehdi Farizeh, Ali Delpisheh, and Nazanin Farahani.

'Expediency' was nominated in seven categories at the 39th edition of the Fajr Film Festival, where it won the honorary diploma for the best director of the first film.

The MBIFF has been awarded several prestigious awards, including one of the "Top 25 film festivals worth the entry fee" by MovieMaker Magazine.

The 2022 edition of the event will be held on April 19-23.

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