Publish Date: 11 September 2017 - 10:08

TEHRAN, Sep. 11 (MNA) – Iranian short film ‘Survival’ directed by Masoud Hatami has been accepted into the competition section of the 2nd Ouarzazate International Film Festival (OIFF) in Morocco.

The 8-minute short film, based on a script written by Masoud Hatami himself, is set in the middle of nowhere, where two people are living on a lake and have to survive by sustaining themselves on the flesh of corpses.

Hatami’s short film has already participated in a number of international festivals including the Rural FilmFest El Edén de La Mancha in Spain, the 57th International Brno Sixteen Film Festival in Czech Republic, and the Stockholm Experimental and Animation Film Festival 2016, in which it won Best Film award.

Ouarzazate International Film Festival (OIFF) showcases short films from emerging filmmakers from Morocco and abroad. The 2nd edition of the festival will be held on September 18-23, 2017, in Moroccan city of Ouarzazate. 

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