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Three Iranian works compete at India’s Third Eye event
Three acclaimed Iranian films screened in the Asian competition segment of the 22nd Third Eye Asian Film Festival in Mumbai, India.
The festival concluded with an award ceremony at the P.L. Deshpande Academy Theatre. The curated Iranian slate featured Mehran Modiri's ‘6 in the Morning’ Mehdi Jafari's ‘Tear of the Reedbed (2025),’ and Mohammad Mehdi Katirchi's ‘in Other Words’, IRNA reported.
The festival was held in Mumbai and Thane from January 9 to 15.
These works, spanning contemporary social drama to historical narrative, showcased the diversity of Iranian cinema and drew strong audience and critical reception.
The event, orchestrated by the Asian Film Foundation in collaboration with Prabhat Chitra Mandal and the Enlighten Film Society, hosted 56 Asian and Indian features and shorts from nations including China, Nepal, and Thailand.
Iran's Cultural Attaché in Mumbai, Mohammadreza Fadel, presented awards during the closing program and a special memorial tribute for founding figure Sudhir Nandgaonkar was bestowed upon distinguished critic and curator Minakshi Shed.
The Mumbai-based Third Eye Asian Film Festival, launched in 2002, has established itself as a prominent platform for independent Asian art cinema and has consistently featured Iranian films as leading regional works.