ISNA - Tehran
Service: Art
TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (ISNA)-"The Father" and "The Morning Ceremonies" the two Iranian short films directed by Hadi Afarideh are to be screened in Yari International Film Festival.
The festival which has been being organized by Yari Group for 8 years in Sweden benefits from cooperation with great cinema actors and actresses while all earnings are devoted to poor Iranian children.
The cultural event to be kicked off in September 2008 will also show other Iranian movies including "So Simple", "Iranian Carpet" and the "Night Bus".
"The Father" tells the story of a pregnant woman whose medical experiments failed to identify her baby's sex but after the baby's birth her husband is not willing to see the girl.
The other short film is about some punished girls who fail to arrive at school on-time to take part in the morning ceremonies due to traffic jam.