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Iranian Film Fest
The Iranian Film Festival, organised by the Cochin Film Society in association with the Consulate General of Islamic Republic of Iran, Hyderabad and c-hed, Corporation of Cochin, will kick off with the screening of Majid Majidi's classic `Colour of Paradise,' at the EMS Memorial Town Hall, Ernakulam, on March 25 at 6 p.m.
The film explores the mental agony of the father of a blind young boy who even maliciously toys with the idea of getting rid of his son in a stunning climax.
As a curtain raiser to the festival proper and part of the society's monthly archive screening Mohsen Makhmalbaf's `Once Upon A Time, Cinema,' will be screened at Savitha Theatre on March 25 at 9.30 a.m.
The other films slated for screening in the five-day festival are `The Two Women' (Tahmineh Milani), `Blue Veiled' (Rakshan Bani-Etemad), `Behind the Curtain of Fog' (Parviz Sheikh Tadi), `Little Bird Freak' (Rahbar Quanbari), `Close-Up' (Abbas Kiarostami), `Equation' (Ebrahim Vahidzadeh), `Love Without Frontier' (Pouran Derakshadeh) and `The Blue' (Hamid Labkhandeh).
The festival will end on March 29. For details contact 2368795, 9447414433.
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