The screening schedule of Iranian feature film “Drum” at the Venice Festival was announced

Mansour Jahani _ Drum the feature film directed by Keywan Karimi will be screened at the competition section of the Critic’s Week in 73st Venice International Film Festival as the representative of Iranian Cinema

The showtimes of Drum, the feature film debut Keywan Karimi was confirmed for the competition section of the Critic’s Week in 73st Venice International Film Festival in Italy. In its international premiere, the film will be screened as the representative of Iranian cinema in its Press Screening to the reporters, journalists and film critics in the world in the cinema hall no.2 “Sala Pera”, at 19:30 on Saturday 3th September in Venice, Italy

Drum also will be screened on Sunday 4th September at 14:15 in the cinema hall no.1 “Sala Pera” in its main and official screening in the competition section of the Critic’s Week in Venice Film Festival. The last showing is at 9 am Monday 5th September at the cinema hall no.1 “Sala Pera” and the film will compete with other films from different countries for taking this section’s award

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“Drum” the feature film debut of the Keywan Karimi will be screened at the 73th Venice International Film Critic’s Week as the representative of Iranian Cinema for its first world premiere and competes for the award with other films from other countries

The film depicts the story of a lawyer whose life got completely changed after receiving a package. “Drum” has adapted from a book by Ali-Morad Fadaei-Nia with the same name.

The Venice International Film Festival with a history nearly more than eight decades is one of the largest and the main film event in whole Europe and the world where is awarded Golden Lion and Silver Lion to the winners

The “Drum” which is the first feature film of Keywan Karimi, is the co-production of Iran and France

Keywan Karimi has won numerous international awards previously for his films; “Broken Border” the short documentary, “The Adventure of Married Couple” a short film,etc

The 73rd Venice International Film Festival will be held with the works of the directors from different countries in the several sections, including the competition sections of the “Official Selection”, the “Horizons”, the “Critic’s Week”, the “Venice Days”, out of the competition, special appreciation of “Abbas Kiarostami” due to his cinematic and artistic lifetime achievement, the “Tributes Section”, the “New Italian Cinema” , “Orizzonti” section with the new orientations in the world of the Cinema, “Film Market” and several other parts

The Festival will begin 31th August to the 10th of September this year in Venice, Italy

Some of the Drum’s cast and credits are Amirreza Naderi, Ibrahim Zanjani, Sara Gholizade, Dariush Pak Nia, Mohammad Safajouyi, Elyas Rasouli, Ali Farschchi, Ardalan Haji Rahimi, Ahmad Ghoorchi, Habib Honaramooz. Writer and director: Keywan Karimi, Cinematography: Amin Jaferi, Sound: Reza Tehrani, Editing: Keywan Karimi and Farahnaz Sharifi, Music: Bamdad Afshar, Set Designer: Keywan Karimi, Make-up artist: Hamed Tehrani, Special effects: Hamid Rasoulian, Visual effects: Mohsen Jeldi, Photographer: Ali Ehsani, Production Manager: Amir Eskandari, Media consultant: Mansour Jahani, Producer: Keywan Karimi and François D’Artemare from France

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