Iranian director Nima Javidi’s debut feature movie Melbourne has so far bagged two awards at the Stockholm International Film Festival. The film has received critical acclaim at the 71st Venice International Film Festival in Italy.
The work also attended the 10th edition of Zurich international Film Festival and the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival. It also participated at the competition section of the 15th International Film Festival Bratislava and the Cairo International Film Festival.
The 8th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) has nominated Javidi for the Best Screenplay, to be held in Australia’s Brisbane on 11 December.
The film recounts the story of a young couple on their way to Melbourne to continue their studies. However, just a few hours before their departure flight, they are unintentionally involved in a tragic event.
The Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival is a week-long film festival founded in 2006 and held every May during Asian American Heritage Month in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
It aims at displaying mostly recent films and music by artists with Asian ethnic origins, such as from Japan, China, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Korea, and the Philippines. It also includes films whose topical matter is about Asians or Asian Americans.
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