Farhadi Retrospective In Hong Kong

Tehran, April 6, IRNA - The 38th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) held a retrospective of works by the world-renowned Iranian filmmaker, Asghar Farhadi. The event reviewed Farhadi’s selected works including ‘Beautiful City’, ‘Fireworks Wednesday’, ‘Dancing in Dust’, ‘About Elly’ and ‘A Separation’, the English-language newspaper ˈIran dailyˈ reported on Sunday. Born in 1972, Farhadi received his bachelors in theater from the University of Tehran’s School of Dramatic Arts in 1998 and his masters in stage direction from Tarbiat Modarres University a few years later. His 2011 family drama ‘A Separation’ became a sensation and received rave reviews from numerous international film events and festivals. The film won the award for the Best Foreign Language film at the Golden Globe Award and Academy Award in 2012. Farhadi was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the world by Time magazine in 2012. The Iranian director Parviz Shahbazi’s ‘Trapped’ is also to represent Iran’s cinemas at this year’s Hong Kong festival. The 2014 Hong Kong International Film Festival started on March 24 and will run until April 7, 2014./end