Tehran will be playing host to its first festival of silent films, which is scheduled to be held from April 30 to May 7. Forty-five fiction, animated and documentary films will be screened at the festival, which will be held at the Tehran University of Art.
“Hunter” by Scott Barley from Wales, “Trilogy of Silence” by Diego Fiori from Austria, “Displacement” by Manuel Álvarez-Diestro from England and “Chamber Music” by Katharina Blanken from Germany are among the films. The films have been selected from among over 800 submissions from around the world. The Experimental and Documentary Film Center and the Tehran University of Art festival are the main sponsors of the event.
