‘Israfil’ goes to Sweden’s Göteborg Filmfest.

reporter 1222 — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 10:32:02 +0000

TEHRAN – ‘Israfil’, director Ida Panahandeh’s follow-up to ‘Nahid’, will take part in the 41st Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden.

‘Israfil’, director Ida Panahandeh, has been accepted into the competition section of the 41st Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden.

The festival is annually held on 26 January to February 5 in the city of Gothenburg, and is considered as the largest film event in Scandinavia. Launched in 1979, the film festival screens around 450 films from 60 countries for 115,000 visitors.

‘Israfil’ narrates the story of the widowed Mahi (Hadieh Tehrani) who loses her only son. Behrooz, her teenage sweetheart, who had left Iran following the scandal of his relationship with her, appears at the funeral. The relationship shows signs of resuming but Behrooz now has a much younger fiancé. On the horns of these emotional entanglements the three characters have to make decisions not only about their emotions, but also their future lives.

Iranian documentary ‘Invincible Diplomacy of Mr. Naderi’ directed by Sanaeeha and Moghaddam has also been accepted into the competition section of the Swedish film event.

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“Israfil” crowned best at CineIran Festival

reporter 1222 — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 11:15:51 +0000

TEHRAN – Ida Panahandeh’s “Israfil” was picked as the best film at the 3rd CineIran Festival in Toronto, Canada on Sunday.

The film tells the story of Behruz, who has returned to Iran after 20 years to sell his properties and meet his fiancée Sara for the first time. But attending the funeral of his friend’s son reminds him of his painful past and lost love.

“Israfil” also brought its editor Haydeh Safiyari the Best Technical Achievement Award, while “No Date, No Signature” by Vahid Jalilvand received the jury prize for the best film.

Mehdi Rahmani was selected as the best director for his film “Boarding Pass”, and “Yellow” was awarded for its screenplay by Mostafa Taqizadeh who is also the director of the film.

Navid Mohammadzadeh was named best actor for his role in “No Date, No Signature” and Niki Karimi received the best actress award for her role in “Azar” by Mohammad Hamzei.

Rambod Javan’s “Negar” and Tahmineh Milani’s “Untaken Paths” shared the audience award.

Thirteen films were screened during the festival, which was attended by a number of Iranian cineastes including Milani, Javan, Abdolreza Kahani, Reza Kianian and Negar Javaherian.

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‘Israfil’ goes to Sweden’s Göteborg Filmfest.

“Israfil” crowned best at CineIran Festival