‘Abji’ will be screened in the competition section of the festival vying for the top prize with other titles from China, France, Finland, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Russia, Japan and Romania.
Academy-award winner ‘The Salesman’ by Asghar Farhadi and ‘A Dragon Arrives!’ by Mani Haghighi will be screened in the non-competition section of the event.
Abji’ narrates the story of two women who have lived together for more than 50 years, but the situation doesn’t remain the same and then the time comes to part ways.
The film won the best feature film award at the 4th edition of the Afghanistan International Women Film Festival.
The 7th Beijing International Film Festival will be held in Beijing from April 16 to 23, 2017.
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