The movie was selected to participate at the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. However, the film was not included on the final list of submissions published by the Academy. It was screened at the Busan International Film Festival in October 2016. Parting was the inaugural film at the 21st International Film Festival of Kerala.
Parting narrates the story of two young Afghans in love, Nabi and Fereshteh. Fereshteh leaves the country with her parents to seek refuge in Iran and Nabi suffers from to seek a better life for her love. The love story gets lost in the mist of reaching and separation. It tells the story of suffering, pain of immigration and homelessness.
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