TEHRAN – The Iranian movie “Punch Drunk” by Adel Tabrizi is competing at the 4th edition of the Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival, which is currently underway in Los Angeles, the U.S.

Set in Tehran in 1996, the story of the film follows Mahtab who lives along with her 10-year-old child, Erfan. She is divorced from her husband, Morteza, who is in jail. Mahtab has enrolled her child in a karate class so that he does not end up like his father as far as his character is concerned. Erfan’s only interest is cinema and could not care less about sports. Hassan Khoshnud, the tough and serious karate instructor with his dictatorial methods causes Erfan to run away one day from the karate academy in the middle of exercises.

Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival, which will run until November 12, focuses on low (under 5 million budget) independent films in both short form and feature length. 

It is a great outlet for filmmakers from all over the world to showcase their work and be seen by distributors, producers, and other industry professionals working in Hollywood. 

Photo: A scene from “Punch Drunk” by Adel Tabrizi

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