Iranian ‘Unparallel World’ awarded at UK festival
Iranian short film ‘Unparallel World’, written and directed by Mohammad Yaraqi, won the best international short film at the 29th Portobello Film Festival in the UK.
The festival took place from August 29 to September 15, Mehr News Agency reported.
Last month, it was screened at the 20th Budapest Short Film Festival (BuSho) in Hungary, one of the country’s most prestigious short film festivals.
The exclusive broadcasting rights for ‘Unparallel World’ have been acquired by Italian company Alpha Film.
The film stands as the short film with the highest number of actors ever featured in the history of Iranian cinema.
The social drama tells the story of a six-year-old girl’s life in a class-based society and highlights the harsh realities of child labor. The film’s synopsis reads: “The events that are happening today are not happening in a parallel or unreal world, and we are all responsible or influential in their occurrence.»