Iran’s ‘Scent Of Wind’ to open Busan filmfest

Iranian movie ‘Scent Of Wind’ has been set to open the 27th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in South Korea.

‘Scent Of Wind’, directed by Hadi Mohaqqeq, is also in the inaugural Jiseok competition lineup of the BIFF.

The film’s participation in the festival marks its international premiere.

Actor-director Mohaqqeq stars in the film as a handicapped man who has to go from town to town to replace a broken electrical part, according to Screen Daily.

“Scent Of Wind shows how the Asian cinema aesthetic represented by Abbas Kiarostami or Hou Hsiao Hsien has been inherited and carried on in the 21st century,” the BIFF festival director Huh Moonyung said, hailing Mohaqqeq as “a master of the next Asian generation”.

Mohaqqeq previously won the New Currents Award and Fipresci Prize at the BIFF in 2015 for his film ‘Immortal’.

The 27th edition of the Busan International Film Festival will take place on October 5-14.

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