1st Iranian film festival in Malaysia

The event is aimed at promoting cultural engagement between Iran and Malaysia, and a better understanding of the public and the artists in the southeastern Asian country of Iran film industry, Ali Mohammad Sabeqi, Iran's cultural attaché in Malaysia told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Wednesday.

The film festival on March 7-17 will be held in coordination with Malaysian institutes, he said.

Sweet Taste of Imagination by Kamal Tabrizi, The Queen by Mohammad Ali Basheh Ahangar, Crazy Castle by Abolhasan Davoodi, Under the Smokey Roof by Pooran Derakhshandeh, Ceasefire 2 by Tahmineh Milani, and Where Are My Shoes by Kiomars Poorahmad will be put on the screen in the festival.

The films will be screened for free in cities of Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Johor Bahru.

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