Iran notable flick ‘Damascus Time’ goes on poster prior to release

Iran award-winning flick ‘Damascus Time’ has unveiled a poster prior to public release across Iranian theaters.

The film praised at the latest edition of Fajr Film Festival in Iran with three awards, including Crystal Simorgh for Best Director, will be screened in Iranian cinemas soon.

Ebrahim Hatamikia’s ‘Damascus Time’ (formerly known as ‘In the Levant Time’) had international premiere at the Berlinale film market in February.

The film focuses on security threats by terrorists when an Iranian plane, conveying humanitarian aid to Syria, is challenged at Damascus Airport.

Popular Iranian actors such as Babak Hamidiyan and Hadi Hejazifar as well as a number of actors from Syria and Lebanon star in the movie.

‘In the Levant Time’ director has so far received several domestic and international awards for ‘In the Name of My Father’, ‘Red Ribbon’, ‘The Glass Agency’, ‘From Karkheh to Rhine’, ‘Mohajer (Immigrant)’, ‘The Scout’, ‘The Purple’, and ‘Che (Chamran)’.

Hatamikia’s previous film ‘Bodyguard’ has been screened in many countries, including Germany, Canada, Australia, Britain, Lebanon, Syria and Afghanistan.

ifilm has shown some of Hatamikia's works such as ‘The Glass Agency’ and 'The Scout' to viewers.

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