We are happy to inform that, we INDO CINE APPRECIATION FOUNDATION in association with Embassy of Islamic Republic of Iran, New Delhi are organizing an Iranian Film Festival, from 29-31 August 2016 at Edouard Michelin Auditorium, Alliance Française of Madras
Venue :Edouard Michelin Auditorium, Alliance Française of Madras & Culture Date : 29-31 Aug 2016
1. Track 143 /Trench 143 /2013/ 90min | Drama |Iran/Director: Narges Abyar (29 Aug 2016 |6.30 PM)
Olfat is raising her children in hardship. She has one daughter and one son called Yonos who works in Kerman copper mine. One day, she finds a note at home with this massage “My friends and I are going to enter the war as soldiers”. After reading this note, Olfat and his friend’s parents got worried about their sons. When operation Valfajr failed, they received news about Yonos’s friend. Olfat is waiting for her son too. As she finds out that the Iraqi radio announces the Iranian captives’ names, she ties a radio on her back and carries it everywhere. Awards: 3 wins & 4 nominations
2. A Cube of Sugar / Ye Habbeh Ghand /2011/110 min/DirectorReza Mirkarimi (30 Aug 2016 |6.15 PM)
Pasandide is to marry an American man and join him in his native country. Pasandide’s family comes together for the wedding ceremony at the home of Uncle Ezzatolah. The women cook and sew; the young children play hide-and-seek; one uncle looks for missing treasure in the garden. All is well in the run-up to the wedding ceremony. But before the ceremony that will unite Pasandide and her fiancé in marriage gets underway, a single cube of sugar brings great misfortune to the family.
A shy, reserved young woman, Maryam, takes a position as a cleaner at an upscale hotel. She soon comes to realize that every aspect of her work is rife with politics and hidden agendas. The other cleaners are desperate to keep their own jobs and the management is unforgiving of even the smallest errors. When a movie star checks in, and his Rolex goes missing the hotel administration must interrogate the staff. As the most recent person hired, Maryam is the prime suspect.
4.Don’t Be Tired/- Khasteh Nabashid/2014/90 min/Director: Mohsen Gharaei, Afshin Hashemi (31 Aug 2016 |6.15 PM )
When Maryam returns to Iran for the first time since childhood, her adventure-seeking husband Roman whisks her on a road trip, much to her reluctance. Joined by ring leader Morteza and Maryam’s cousin Hossein, an unlucky course of events soon forces them to stay at Miss Hakim’s house. Once there, an unlikely bond begins to form between Maryam and Hossein, and what started out as a sightseeing tour becomes an unexpected personal journey which reignites her lust for for life.
5.Someone Wants to Talk to You/Yeki Mikhad Bahat Harf Bezane/2011/90 min/Dir :Manouchehr Hadi (31 Aug 2016 |7.45 PM )
After an unhappy first marriage, Leila is reluctant to ever marry again. Her daughter Yasaman, however, has other ideas. She is eager for Leila to marry her dentist, Alireza. The conflict between these two goes on until Leila decides to cut Alireza out of their lives. Yet buried traumas from Leila’s past are set to disrupt their lives.
Venue :Edouard Michelin Auditorium, Alliance Française of Madras & Culture Date : 29-31 Aug 2016
