Tehran City of Love, Middle East Now Festival.

CLOSING FILM

Tehran City of Love   

of Ali Jaberansari

The film chosen for the final evening of the festival (April 7, Cinema La Compagnia) is Tehran City of Love, a bittersweet comedy by Ali Jaberansari, starring three disenchanted characters - a former bodybuilding champion, an overweight secretary of a beauty clinic and a frustrated religious singer - looking for love and affection in a city and society that doesn't want to give them back. The director and producer Babak Jalali will be present at the screening, for an unmissable event!

Special edition for the tenth anniversary of the festival that tells the Middle East, through cinema, art, music, meetings, theater, social projects and food. Here is a selection of events in the details

It has established itself over the years as an innovative platform to present the most contemporary Middle Eastern culture, beyond the stereotypes and prejudices that characterize this area of ​​the world. We are talking about Middle East Now, the international festival, conceived and organized by the cultural association Map of Creation - directed by Lisa Chiari e Roberto ruta, historical collaborators of Artribune - which tells the Middle East in Florence, through cinema, art, music, meetings, theater, social projects and food. This year, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary - scheduled from the 2 to the 7 April between Cinema La Compagnia, Cinema Stensen, Teatro Cantiere Florida, Fondazione Studio Marangoni and other city spaces - it will do so with a special edition: the protagonist is the remix as a tool for cultural creativity in the Middle East and beyond, and reflection on the path taken by the festival. Beyond 40 the films in preview, a focus on the Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, twice Oscar winner for best foreign film with A separation e The client and many special projects, including photography exhibitions, multimedia installations, music and theater. Let's see them in detail.