INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN-Six feature films from Iran will take part in the 21st Third Eye Asian Film Festival, slated for January 10 to 16 in Mumbai,
India.Five of the Iranian films will be screened in the Asian Spectrum section and one movie is set to be shown in the Asian Masters
life, taking care of her aging parents and four floundering brothers
Arash Samin, one of the prominent professors in the field of sociology, lives a calm and peaceful life with his doctor wife and young
But the publication of a picture of him in cyberspace puts his personal and family life on a new path.The cast includes Mehran Ahmadi, Ali
Ashmand, Mahsa Bavafa, Sadaf Fathi, Mohammad Heidari, Masoud Karamati, Hamed Komaily, Maryam Saadat, Azadeh Samadi, and Ghazal
However, various challenges and incidents make his path to achieving his dream quite difficult.Amir Jafari, Roya Teymourian, Amir Mahdi
absolutely convinced that he will soon be playing for the Iran national football team
Nothing can shake his confidence
Not even the fact that he lives in the cancer section of a hospital and gets weaker from treatment to treatment.The film has Pejman Bazeghi,
shown at the Asian Masters section.The plot follows a brother and sister, and their adventures over a lost pair of shoes
When young Ali accidentally loses the only pair of shoes his little sister Zahra owns, the siblings attempt to hide the bad news from their
poverty-stricken father and ill mother
They devise a scheme to share Ali's own pair of worn sneakers until they can find a new pair of shoes for Zahra
As such Asia presents rich and multitudinous themes for the cinematic creations
Many Asian countries today have a proud and well-developed tradition in filmmaking
India itself is a prime example as the country produces the largest number of films each year in various regional languages.Asian Film
Foundation has taken the initiative to create adequate awareness and appreciation of Asian cinema
Third Eye Asian Film Festival is a major event organized by the Asian Film Foundation to showcase Asian cinema and honor the artists who
devote their lives to cinema.The festival seeks to show globally- appreciated Asian films to the audience of Mumbai and other cities of
The first edition of the festival was held in 2002.SS/
