Iran’s ‘Captain’ to premiere at German festival
TASNIM – Iranian feature film, ‘Captain’, directed by Mohammad Hamzei and produced by Seyyed Saber Emami, will have its first international screening at the 28th edition of the Schlingel Film Festival for Children and Youth, slated to be held in Germany’s Chemnitz, from September 23 to 30.
The film ‘Captain’ will be screened twice during the festival, on September 24 and 28.
This year’s edition of the Schlingel festival features 171 entries, from 54 countries. In the main section of the festival, known as “Youth Films,” ‘Captain’ competes with nine films from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Spain, the Netherlands, and the United States.
Previously, in the 26th edition of the International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Schlingel, the Iranian film ‘The Sun’, directed by Majid Majidi, earned the Award of the City of Chemnitz in the Youth Films category.