Copy in clipboard...
Iranian films selected for India’s International Folklore Film Festival
‘The Sound of Silence,’ written, directed and produced by Mehrad Mehrkish, and ‘The Last Romance,’ directed by Asal Javanmardi and produced by Mehdi Karamad Tabrizi, will be shown at the festival, which runs from January 15 to 20, in the city of Thrissur in India’s southern state of Kerala.
The Last Romance stars Nasser Jalali, Hourieh Khosravi, Niloufar Pourmehdi, Raha Alvandi and Atash Taghipour. The cast of The Sound of Silence includes Maedeh Rezvani, Shadi Niknam, Amirhossein Niknam, Mahsa Pourhadi, Negar Sanjarifar, Hediyeh Hashemi, Satiar Rajabi and Mehrad Mehrkish, among others.
The International Folklore Film Festival held annually is a specialized Indian cinema event focusing on culture, rituals, folklore and indigenous narratives, and screens independent and ethnographic films from around the world.
International distribution of both Iranian films is being handled by Solmaz Etemad, an Iranian writer and poet.