3rd IrFFNY presents a selection of acclaimed and award-winning films from one of the world’s most vital and distinguished national cinemas. The festival aims to unite two strands of Iranian moviemaking – the classic art-house Iranian cinema beloved by cinephiles around the world, and new cutting-edge works that showcase the adventurousness and daring nature of younger Iranian directors.

Schedule

7:00 pm: The Blue Vailed

Iran, Drama, 1995, 85min [Restored Version]

Writer and Director: Rakhshan Banietemad
Producers: Majid Modaresi, Fariborz Pourmand
Cast: Ezzatollah Entezami, Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, Golab Adineh, Afsar Asadi, Baran Kosari, Behnaz Jafari, Farhad Aslani,

Synopsis:

An elderly owner of a tomato farm and sauce factory, after his wife's death, falls in love with one of the workers of the factory endangering his relationship with his daughters and in-laws. While everybody in the big family persuades the old man to abandon the relationship with the poor girl, the old man makes his final choice of love.

Festivals & Awards:
– Locarno Int'l Film Festival 1995; Winner, Bronze Leopard
-Thessaloniki Film Festival 1995; Winner, FIPRESCI Prize (New Horizons Section)

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