Asghar Farhadi In Turkey To Attend Intl Film Festival

Ankara, Oct 8, IRNA – Iranian Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi is currently in Turkey to attend 50th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. Farhadi's presence in turkey was widely covered by the Turkish media. Farhadi’s 2013 film, The Past, which starring Bérénice Bejo and Tahar Rahim, was nominated for the Palme dOr at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival is to be screened at the festival. Farhadi has received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, in addition to other acclamations. Held annually since 1963, the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival is one of the deepest-rooted festivals in Europe and Asia, and one of the oldest and the longest running film festivals in Turkey./end