Iran movie ‘Malaria’ is to be screened at Vancouver Cinematheque

Iranian film ‘Malaria’ has been scheduled to appear on silver screen at The Cinematheque in Vancouver, Canada.

Directed by Parviz Shahbazi, the movie will be screened for Canadian viewers on September 14 and 17, 2017.

‘Malaria’, Shahbazi’s third cinematic work about Iranian youth, after ‘Deep Breath’ and ‘Trapped’, tells the story of a young woman who elopes with her boyfriend to spend time in the company of a band of street musicians.

Afterwards, she plans to hoodwink her family by claiming that she has been kidnapped and asks them to promptly send ransom money.

The film stars Saghar Qanaat, Saed Soheili, Azarakhsh Farahani and Azadeh Namdari.

‘Malaria’ has won several awards from different international events, including the 32nd edition of the Warsaw Film Festival, which honored the film with the grand prix for best film in 2016.

The Iranian feature film made its first international premier at the 73rd edition of the Venice International Film Festival in Italy.

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