TEHRAN -- The Iranian political drama “In the Color of Purple” premiered in Toronto on Tuesday.

Persia Films, an Iranian company in Canada, is the distributor of the film that at one time was banned in Iran.
Starring Hamid Farrokhnejad and Khazar Masumi, the film tells the story of a romance between an Iranian intelligence agent and the daughter of an opposition group leader.
“In the Color of Purple” was unofficially banned as director Ebrahim Hatamikia withdrew it from the screening schedule of the 23rd Fajr International Film Festival 2005, due to objections by the Iranian Intelligence Ministry.
In February 2010, Iran lifted ban on the film as it was debuted at the 28th Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran.
The festival honored the film with the best film and best director awards. The film also won the festival’s Audience Favorite Crystal Simorgh and Hassan Karimi received the best cameraman award from the event for the film.
Persia Films has also begun preselling DVD copies of the film at this time to coincide with the premiere.