Parting

Iran/Afghanistan / 2016 / 78 minutes  / DRAMA / Persian, Dari with English Subtitles
SYNOPSIS
Two young Afghans, Fereshteh and Nabi, are in love, but Fereshteh has to follow her parents and leave Afghanistan to find refuge in Iran. Nabi decides to illegally cross the border, find Fereshteh and take her through Turkey towards Europe and a better life.
Official submission of Afghanistan for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 89th Academy Awards in 2017.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 22nd
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11:00 am - 1:00 pm​
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COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Austin UT Persian Students Society
​DIRECTOR: Navid Mahmoudi
Navid Mahmoudi was born in Parvan, Afghanistan in 1980. He and his family relocated to Iran when he was 6 years old. From a very young age, he has been interested in films and cinema and developed a passion for the art. He started his career as an assistant director and went on to direct his own short films and produce other works. He has been a producer of over 10 TV movies. He also produced his first feature "A few Cubic Meters of Love" which was selected as Afghanistan's official entry to the Oscars and was warmly received by international critics and the public. 
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT:
​The dangers engendered by Islamic State and the Taliban are omnipresent. In countries menaced by these groups people seek a better life by migrating, despite the fact that many lose their lives en route. My brother Jamshid and I have tried to portray their difficult passage.
STILLS
CAST AND CREW:
Reza Ahmadi                               Nabi

Fereshteh Hosseini                    Fereshteh

Behrang Alavi                              Moussa

Nazanin Bayati                            Maryam

Shams Langroudi
 
Writing credits
Navid Mahmoudi 

Produced by
Jamshid Mahmoudi
 
Original Music by
Sahand Mehdizadeh 
 
Cinematography by
Koohyar Kalari ​
Film Editing by
Jamshid Mahmoudi 
 
Production Design by
Amir Hossein Babaeian 
 
Makeup Department
Alireza Bagherbeigi....makeup artist
 
Sound Department
Hosseyn Ghourchian....sound mixer
Mohammadreza Habibi....sound recordist
 
Visual Effects by
Alireza Ghaderi....visual effects
Majid Yosefzadeh....visual effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Fattah Zinouri....still photographer
FESTIVALS:

- 21st Busan International Film Festival, South Korea. October 6-15, 2016. Competition section « New Currents »
- 57th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece. November 4-13, 2016. ‘Open Horizons’
- 20th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia. November 11-27, 2016.
- 3rd Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival, Australia. November 23-December 4, 2016.
- 16ème Festival International du Film de Marrakech. December 2-10, 2016. « Compétition officielle »
- 21st International Film Festival of Kerala, India. December 9-16, 2016. ‘Opening film’
- 15th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF), Bangladesh. January 12-20, 2017. « Asian Competition » section
- 15th Pune International Film Festival, India. January 12-19, 2017. « Global Cinema » section
- 7th Yashwant International Film Festival, Mumbai in Maharashtra, India. January 20-26, 2017.
- 40th Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden. January 27-February 6, 2017.
- 40th Portland International Film Festival, USA. February 9-25, 2017. ‘Best of the Festival competition’