Iran movies to be screened at Gothenburg Film Festival

A lineup of five Iranian films is set to be screened at the 40th Gothenburg Film Festival in Sweden.

‘Inversion’, ‘Parting’, ‘76 Minutes and 15 Seconds with Abbas Kiarostami’,‌ ‘Take Me Home’ and ‘Women's Prison’ are the five movies that are to be screened at the different sections of the festival which is to be held in the Swedish city of Gothenburg.

Directed by Behnam Behzadi, the social drama ‘Inversion’ will be screened at the Festival Favorites section.

Navid Mahmoudi’s ‘Parting’ which is a joint production of Iran and Afghanistan will vie at the New Voices section.

Made by Late Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami’s close friend Seifollah Samadian, ‘76 Minutes and 15 Seconds with Abbas Kiarostami’ and Kiarostami’s last film ‘Take Me Home’ are set to be displayed at the Master section of the festival.

And the last movie which is present at the festival is Manijeh Hekmat’s 2002 film ‘Women's Prison’ is scheduled to be screened in the Commemorative Retrospective section.

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