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Iran’s ‘Mitosis’ awarded at Karachi culture festival
Iran’s short film ‘Mitosis’, directed by Raha Haji Zeinal, clinched an honorable mention for best film at the World Culture Festival Karachi in southern Pakistan, the event’s organizers said on Sunday.
The festival, now in its second year, has grown into Pakistan’s largest cultural showcase. More than 1,000 artists from 140 countries converged on Karachi for a week of screenings, stage performances and exhibitions spanning cinema, theatre, photography and visual arts, ILNA reported.
‘Mitosis’, written by Ali Safari and produced by Anahita Mogouei and Soran Karimi, has been making the rounds on the international circuit. It recently screened at the Norwich Film Festival in eastern England and at the Palooza Film Festival in Colombia.
Iranian actors Mehdi Aboohamzeh and Farid Zangi lead the cast in the short film, which depicts, in the director’s words, the “split-second choices” that reshape a life.