Iranian filmmaker to shoot refugee drama in Sweden, Afghanistan

TEHRAN,April 17(MNA) -- An Iranian filmmaker Abbas Rafei planned to produce a movie about an Afghan refugee in Sweden and Afghanistan. The film entitled “Unending” will be made under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), said Rafei in a press release on Tuesday. UNESCO proposed that Iranian filmmaker Majid Mosahebi, who previously helped the organization in holding some humanitarian film festivals, direct the film, he added. “Unending” will be his directorial debut in the feature genre, he stated. The story of “Unending” is set in Afghanistan and Sweden between 2001 and 2003. It is about Emma, a Swedish journalist who is a strong opponent of her country’s plan to accept refugees. She changes her mind after she meets an Afghan woman who was taken into Sweden to receive treatments for her war-related injuries. Most members of the cast for the English-language film will be hired from the European countries, Rafei said. “An Iranian actress will likely play the role of the Afghan woman,” he added. Mosahebi’s credits include “The Return” and several other documentaries. “We are waiting for the approval of the foreign members of the crew and Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance to begin shooting of the film,” Rafei said.