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)