Iran movie ‘Abji’ to be screened at Dhaka Int’l Filmfest

Iranian director Marjan Ashrafizadeh’s ‘Abji’ (The Sis) is to compete at Dhaka International Film Festival in Bangladesh.

Being Ashrafizadeh’s first feature film, the movie is to be screened at the competition section of the festival.

‘Abji’ narrates the story of two women who have lived together for more than 50 years, but the situation doesn’t remain the same and the separation time arrives.

The movie won the best feature film award in the 4th edition of the Afghanistan International Women Film Festival.

The film, written by Marjan Ashrafizadeh, Ali Asghari and Nahid Tabatabai, deals with women issues and the difficulties that they face in life.

Golab Adineh, Masoumeh Ghasemipour, Pantea Panahiha, Hamidreza Azarang, Babak Hamidian and Shirin Yazdanbakhsh are the main stars of ‘Abji’.

Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) is a biennial film festival held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Established in 1992, the festival was initially organized on annual basis, but became a biennial event since 1995.

The general theme of the festival is “Better Film, Better Audience, Better Society.”

The 15th edition of the festival will be held in Dhaka from 12 to 20 January 2017.

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