TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) – Iranian short film ‘The Last Embrace’ will compete at Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival (SESIFF 2018).

Directed by Saman Hosseinpour, the film narrates story of a girl who wants to show her drawing to family members but everybody is just busy their phones and don’t pay attention.

She ultimately goes to her grandpa who has just passed away without anybody noticing it.

The film has previously won Grand Short Film Prize at the Seoul Guro International Kids Film Festival, ifilm reported on Monday.

The 10th edition of SESIFF will be held from September 11 to 16 in Seoul, South Korea.

Launched in 2009 as the first festival for extreme-short images and films in Asia, SESIFF celebrates its 9th edition this year. The festival, whose motto is 'Anyone can make a film', is one of the ambitious cultural festival in Korea. According to its website, the aim of SESIFF is to make innovative visual culture everyone enjoying and imagining beyond just watch the movie.

MAH