The festival will be held on February 16.The former is about an old man whose children left him. The man feels lonely and can’t tolerate the situation. He desires death because of this deadly loneliness.

‘Old Man’s Heavy Sleep’ is the winner of the Best Cinematography Award at the 2020 edition of Italian Film Days Festival.

The film also participated in the Lift-off Film Festival in the UK, the Media View International Film Festival in Hungary, the First-time Filmmaker Sessions in the UK, the 2020 Southeast Regional Film Festival in the US and the Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival in South Korea.

Co-directed by Rostampour and Atefeh Rezaiyan, ‘Sheep Will Devour Us’ is about a woman named Tahereh, who is a victim of marriage at a very young age. She, who has suffered the aftermath of such a tradition, is trying hard to avoid such a destiny for her younger sister.

The short film has been screened at a number of global events, including the Heritage Film Festival in the US, the Barcelona Human Rights Film Festival in Spain, the Muestra Itinerante De Cine Mx (MICMX) in Mexico, the Minute Shorts Competitions in the UK, the Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival in Japan, the Film Festival and Human Rights of Barcelona in Spain, and the Eastern Europe International Movie Awards in Turkey.

The IFEFA provides an opportunity to showcase movies from around the world that “are high on art and content and may or may not be shown in cinemas.”

IFEFA also “attempts to celebrate the cinematic art and awards the most original and creative films and artists in the entertainment industry,” writes the official website of the event.

 

Source: Iran Daily