Poland to Screen Farhadi’s ‘Separation’

CHN Press - Tehran, Nov 20, 2011: Internationally renowned Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi’s Nader and Simin: A Separation is slated to be screened at the 19th Plus Camerimage Festival.

Farhadi’s family drama will be screened at the Polish festival along with Roman Polanski’s latest production Carnage and Aki Kaurismaki’s award winner filmLe Havre, ISNA reported.

Lars von Trier’s Melancholia, Steve McQueen’s Shame and Andrea Arnold’sWuthering Heights will also be screened during the event.

Celebrated Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda will attend the festival as this year’s honorary guest.

Nader and Simin: A Separation has been recently awarded at the British Independent Film Festival and the 59th edition of San Sebastian International Film Festival.

The two-hour film had the most successful screening in France, where it was welcomed by more than 800, 000 film lovers and was called ‘the summer’s surprise’ by the Le Monde newspaper.

The DVD edition of the film has also been offered from November 8, 2011, for €19.95 in different French cities.

The audience favorite at this year’s Berlin Film Festival also hit the screens in Belgium, the Netherlands and Thailand over the past 4 months, and was also screened in the Unites States from September 30.

Farhadi’s drama has won numerous international awards including the Golden Bear Award of the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival and the event’s Silver Bears for the entire male and female cast ensemble.

The Golden Arena prize of Croatia’s 2011 Pula Film Festival, and the Best Feature Film and the Best Screenplay awards of the 32nd Durban International Film Festival are also among the international honors of Farhadi’s latest production.

Nader and Simin, A Separation has been nominated as Iran’s representative in the 2012 Best Foreign Language Film section of the 84th Academy Awards.