Two Iranian short films “Left Handed” directed by Nasrin Mohammadpour and “Nazarbazi” by Maryam Tafakory will compete at the Asian Short Film category of the 24th edition of Seoul International Women’s Film Festival.
The 24th edition of Seoul International Women’s Film Festival will be held from August 25 to September 1, 2022.
Totally 20 films will vie at the Asian Short Film section of the event.
The Seoul International Women’s Film Festival (SIWFF) is a unique and influential event presenting new values and the alternatives from a feminist perspective among Korean international film festivals. The festival contributes to the development of women’s positive values and plays an essential role establishing a network between Asian and the other countries. SIWFF provides the ways to promote and exhibit Korean women’s films abroad by discovering and supporting women in film industry. It also helps Korean film industry develop and have diversity. Forming future-oriented, alternative culture, SIWFF contributes to the development of the balanced Korea culture to improve Korean national image.
Rakhshān Banietemad, Manijeh Hekmat, Ensieh Shah-Hosseini, Marzieh Meshkini, Tahmineh Milani, Mania Akbari, Munir Gheidi, and Farnoosh Samadi are among the most prominent Iranian female filmmakers who had participated in the festival over the last editions.
ISNA