"Zalava" Film's World Poster Released for Screening at 78th Venice Film Festival

Mansour Jahani - On the eve of the world premiere of the movie "Zalava" in the competition section of the 36th edition of "Critics' Week" at the 78th Venice International Film Festival in Italy, the international poster of this movie was unveiled. 

The movie "Zalava" directed by Arsalan Amiri, produced by Rouhollah Baradari and Samira Baradari, and written by Arsalan Amiri, Ida Panahandeh, and Tahmineh Bahram will be screened three times including 13:15 on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at the Perla Cinema and 19:15 and 19:30 on Thursday, September 9, 2021, at the Astra 1 and Astra 2 cinema halls in this international prestigious film festival. 

Mohammad Hossein Houshmandi "has designed the poster of this film. "Zalava" will compete with six films, including; "They Carry Death" by Helena Girón and Samuel M Delgado from Spain and Colombia, "Erasing Frank" by Gábor Fabricius from Hungary, "Dog World" by Alessandro Celli from Italy, "Mother Lode" by Matteo Tortone from France, Italy and Switzerland, "Detours" by Ekaterina Selenkina from Russia and the Netherlands, and "The Salamander" by Alex Carvalho from Brazil, France, and Germany.

Claudio Cupellini from Italy, Sandrine Marques from Spain, and Vanja Kaludjercicfrom Croatia are the judges of the Venice "Critics' Week" organized by the Italian Film Critics Association. In the meantime, Uberto Pasolini from Italy, Martin Schweighofer from, Austria and Amalia Ulman from Argentina are the judges of the "Lion of the Future" section which judge the works of the first filmmakers of this prestigious cinematic event.

"Zalava" was filmed in the fall of 2020, starring Navid Pourfaraj, Rahimiia Rhimi Sam, Hoda Zineh Al-Abedin, Basit Rezaei, Shaho Rostami, Fereydoun Hamedi, Saleh Zahidi, Zahed Zanseveralumber of other Kurdistan Theatre and Television actors. Arsalan Amiri's first cinematic experience as a director has been produced with the support of the Hong Kong Film Forum HAF, the South Korean Film House KOFIC, in partnership with the Farabi Cinema Foundation and the investment of Touba Film. 

The film was nominated for an award in 10 categories at the 39th Fajr Film Festival, with Best Actor for Pouria Rahimi Sam, Best Screenplay for Arsalan Amiri, Ida Panahandeh and Tahmineh Bahram, Diploma of Honor for the best cinematography for Mohammad, Rasouli, and the best first director for Arsalan Amiri. The 78th Venice International Film Festival, the world's oldest film event, chaired by Alberto Barbera in the competition category; Main Competition, Short Film, Orizzonti, Critics' Week, Venice Development and the Out of Competition section; Venice VR Expanded, Special Screenings, Orizzonti Extra, Biennale College Cinema and ... will be held from 1 to 11 September 2021 in Venice, Italy.



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