Iran’s ‘Asteroid’ heads to Seoul Int’l Children’s fest

Iranian feature film ‘Asteroid’ has found a screening slot at the 10th Seoul International Children’s Film Festival.

Written and directed by Mehdi Hosseinivand, the feature film will appear at the international competition section of the upcoming edition of the South Korean children festival.

The 77-minute ‘Asteroid’ is about a 12-year-old boy named Ebrahim who lives with his mother and five siblings of all ages in a two-room shack in the heart of the desert, far away from a village.

Ebrahim's mother hopes that one day her eldest son and her husband, who went to work two years ago and never returned, will return and the heavy burden of life will be lifted from Ebrahim's shoulders.

Apart from feeding the children and getting identity cards for them, Ebrahim and his mother are busy building a house in the village so that they don't have to walk from the desert to the village every day. Eventually, they manage to build and move to their new house in the village.

Hadi Kazemi, Ghazal Shojaee, and Ebrahim Zarozehi make the cast list of the movie.

Hosseinivand’s debut feature made its premiere at the 2021 Fajr International Film Festival in Iran, where it grabbed the best film award.

The flick is the recipient of the Young Jury Prize of the 32nd Ciné Junior Festival in France.

It was also screened at the Ajyal Film Festival in Qatar, the 2022 BUFF Int’l Film Festival in Sweden, the 2022 Dhaka Int’l Film Festival, the 2022 Glasgow Film Festival in Scotland and the Busan Int’l Film Festival in South Korea.

The Seoul International Children’s Film Festival aims to present the most outstanding films for children, youth, and families produced from all over the world.

The 2022 edition of the festival will take place on June 15–22 in South Korea.

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