Atlanta Film Fest to screen Iranian short 'Retouch'

The 42nd edition of the Annual Atlanta Film Festival in the US has set to screen Iranian short 'Retouch'.

Directed by Kaveh Mazaheri and produced by the Iranian Young Cinema Society, ‘Retouch’ is about a young woman whose husband dies before her eyes and she just observes the tragic scene.

The film has so far participated in many international film festivals, winning several awards and nominations.

It has previously won Best Short Film awards at the Krakow International Film Festival, the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and the Tribeca Film Festival, all in the US.

‘Retouch’ has also grabbed the Best Fiction Film award at the Short Movie Club in Belarus, the Best International Short award at the Audi Dublin International Film Festival in Ireland, and the top prize for best short film as well as the audience choice award at the Ibn Arabi International Film Festival in Spain.

Its most recent awards include the ‘2nd Best Film’ award from the 10th Short Waves Festival in Poland, Shorts TV Award from the 20th Mecal Pro short Film Festival in Spain, and Best Actress Award at the 1st Sukhum International Film Festival in Abkhazia.

The Annual Atlanta Film Festival will also screen ‘Highlight’ directed by Shahrzad Dadgar and ‘Lunch Time’ directed by Alireza Qasemi, both from Iran.

The Atlanta Film Festival screenings often include in-person dialog with filmmakers, providing audiences, artists and industry professionals with meaningful opportunities to network, interact and engage.

The festival is one of the largest and longest-running festivals in the country, welcoming an audience of nearly 25,000 to discover hundreds of new independent, international, animated, documentary, and short films, selected from more than 3,000 submissions from all over the world.

The 42nd edition of the US event is slated for April 13-22, 2018.

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