Starring Levon Haftvan, the film will be screened in the official competition of the event that is scheduled to be held from September 8 to 17, the organizers announced.
“Kupal” tells the story of a hunter and a taxidermist, called “Dr. Ahmad Kupal”. On the last day of the year, moments before the turn of the year, he faces an unexpected challenge.
In addition, “From Hasaki with Love”, a short film by Iranian director Mohammad Farahani, will be screened in the event.
The film is about a girl whose family members have been murdered. In order to show her protest to the ongoing massacre, she decided to burn herself in front of a webcam.
Source: Tehran Times