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Sun, 11/28/2010 - 13:45
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Ferdowsi Foundation to produce film on Shahnameh

TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) -- Iran’s Ferdowsi Foundation will be launching the production of a movie on Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh.

A great researcher conducted the research work and a veteran screenwriter is currently working on the script, secretary general of the foundation Yasser Movahhedfar told the Persian service of ISNA on Saturday.

The names of the researcher and the screenwriter were not released in the news.

One of the older narrations of Shahnameh is due to be featured in a modern format of today, he said.

Movahhedfar said that the project took five years to complete and the plans are to film the project in Iran and several European countries. “We hope the project will attract international attention.”

The Ferdowsi Foundation is an organization run by the public and we hope other organizations support this project financially, he concluded.



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