Iranian film ‘21 Weeks Later’ heads to Turkey

Iranian filmmaker Nasrin Mohammadpour’s award-winning short film ‘21 Weeks Later’ was selected to compete at the 31st Adana International Film Festival in Turkey.
The 14-minute film, which has already picked up the Best Asian Short Film Award at the 28th Busan International Film Festival in South Korea and screened at the 32nd Raindance Film Festival in the UK, will now vie for top honors in the short film category at Adana, Mehr News Agency reported. The Adana festival, one of Turkey’s largest, will run from Sept. 23 to 29 and feature a jury of prominent Turkish directors, including Nuri Bilge Ceylan.  ‘21 Weeks Later’ has been making waves on the international circuit, with a cast that includes Banafsheh Riazi, Leila Hassanzadeh, Soudabeh Bahraminejad, and Parisa Asgari. Cinerama, led by Neshat Bagheri, is handling international distribution and sales.
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