“Sheeple” by Hooman Seyyedi will be screened in the official competition, while Nima Yar’s debut “Kejal” will go on screen in the First Feature Competition.

“Sheeple” is about Shahin, a loud-mouthed fellow adopted years ago, who tries to establish his authority in a family run by the iron hand of his drug lord brother.

The film grabbed the audience Crystal Simorgh at the 36th Fajr Film Festival in February.

“Kejal” is a thrilling drama about a 26-year-old Kurdish woman, a student from Tehran, who takes on what is traditionally considered as a “man’s job” after his brother has been killed in a smuggling operation on the dangerous Iraq-Iran border.

The Greece-France-Latvia co-production “Still River” by director Angelos Frantzis, “Sunburn”, a Portuguese film by director Vicente Alves and “Winter’s Night” by South Korean director Jang Woo-jin are among the films competing in the event.

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