TEHRAN Movies from Iranian filmmakers will also be screened in the different categories of the 15th Sofia MENAR Film Festival in Bulgaria as the organizers previously announced a special section for Iranian women directors.Eight films, including Nargesi by Payman Eskandari, Golden Blood by Ebrahim Sheibani and Solo on Icebergs by Ruhollah Sediqi will be showcased in the feature film competition.In Nargesi, Narges is Hosseins dream woman: beautiful, friendly, and always ready to follow him and listen to him.
And Hosseins biggest dream is to get married and be rich so that the woman next to him is happy.
But the reality is a little darker for the charmer because Hossein has Downs syndrome and to make his dream come true he will have to make diligent efforts.Golden Blood follows Nahid, a strong woman who takes care of her children by herself, driving around the city streets all day, while her drug-addicted husband ruins the everyday life of the whole family.
Things get complicated after the bodies of several women are found and police warn single women to be careful when out and about.Solo on Icebergs tells the story of Yunes, who cannot come to terms with his fathers domineering nature and has been living away from his home for 24 years.
Today he faces a test: he returns home for a family gathering.
All the relatives are on alert as to how everything will end.
Will the two men understand each other as son and father or will they not talk to each other until the grave?This section also features No Prior Appointment by Behruz Shoeibi, The Inheritance by Sadeq Sadeqdaqiqi, 7 AM by Masud Farjam, and Residents of Nowhere by Shahab Hosseini.Saralish, a co-production between Iran and Afghanistan by Yasser Ahmadi and Behruz Baqeri will be competing in this section.The festivals short program The Inconvenient has been dedicated to Iranian films.Suite Night by Mahtab Pishkhadam, The Children of Wild Orchid by Farshad Mohammadi, Split Ends by Alireza Kazemipur, The Tendency by Mobin Pekand and Giti Jan by Shayan Shahverdi will be screened in this section.The Iranian movies The Mirror by Mohammad Farzadfar and Saeid Shamani, The Single Horn by Mohammad Kamal-Alavi and The Chick by Bijan Arabi will compete in the short program named The Different.The Afghanistan-Iran co-production Forced by Siavash Gorjestani will also be screened in this section of the festival.The Sofia MENAR Film Festival, which screens movies from the Middle East and North African Region (MENAR), will take place from January 16 to 29, 2023 in the capital of Bulgaria.Photo: A scene from Nargesi by Iranian director Payman Eskandari.MMS/YAW