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Iran’s ‘They Loved Me’ to compete at Shimla festival in India
This is the second international screening of the film this year following its inclusion in Portugal’s Avanca Film Festival.
The Shimla event is recognized as one of India’s distinct cultural showcases, supported by the Himalayan Velocity Tourism Organization and the Himachal Pradesh Department of Language and Culture. The festival highlights independent and culturally rooted cinema across fiction, documentary, short, and animated formats, ILNA reported.
‘They Loved Me’ features an ensemble cast including Amirhossein Arman, Amir Jafari, Shahram Qaedi, Nasim Adabi, Ali Salehi, Hadi Taslimi, Iraj Rahmani, Leila Boloukat, and several emerging talents such as Mahsa Esmaeili, Sina Ghaffari, and Shilan Madani.
Executive producer and financier Iraj Rahmani backed the film’s production, while international distribution is being handled by Minerva Film, led by Elaheh Goodarzi.