TEHRAN – Iranian director Kazem Mollai’s drama “Kupal” will compete in the Jameson CineFest International Film Festival in Miskolc, Hungary.

Starring Levon Haftvan, the film will be screened in the official competition of the event that is scheduled to be held from September 8 to 17, the organizers announced.

“Kupal” tells the story of a hunter and a taxidermist, called “Dr. Ahmad Kupal”. On the last day of the year, moments before the turn of the year, he faces an unexpected challenge.

In addition, “From Hasaki with Love”, a short film by Iranian director Mohammad Farahani,  will be screened in the event.

The film is about a girl whose family members have been murdered. In order to show her protest to the ongoing massacre, she decided to burn herself in front of a webcam.

Photo: Levon Haftvan in “Kupal”

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