ASTEROID and THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE SUGAR CANES at Istanbul UKFF 2023
In the 11th Universal Kids Film Festival (October 13th to November 5th, 2023 / Istanbul, Turkey), Mehdi Hosseinivand’s debut feature film, ASTEROID, and Ebrahim Ashrafpour’s debut feature film, THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE SUGAR CANES, will be a part of the official selection.
ASTEROID has already participated in FIff – Fajr International Film Festival 2021 (Iran / Eastern Vista – Best Film Award), Busan International Film Festival 2021 (South Korea / New Currents Competition), International Film Festival for Young Audiences – Filem’On 2021 (Belgium / CIFEJ Competition), Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2021 (Qatar / Mohaq Competition Section), Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2021 (Australia / Best Youth Film Competition), Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults 2021 (Greece / Main Competition), Bastau International Film Festival 2021 (Kazakhstan / Main Competition), Dhaka International Film Festival 2021 (Bangladesh / Children Film Session), Cine Junior 2022 (France / Youth Jury Prize), Glasgow Film Festival 2022 (Scotland / Debut Feature), Fribourg International Film Festival 2022 (Switzerland / School Program), BUFF International Film Festival 2022 (Sweden / Competition Section), UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema 2022 (USA), Zlin Film Festival 2022 (Czech Republic / World Children’s Panorama), Seoul International Children’s Film Festival 2022 (South Korea), MSP Iranian Film Festival 2022 (USA), TIFF Junior (Norway), Kinoshock International Film Festival 2022 (Russia / Main Competition), Samara International Film Festival for Children and Youth 2022 (Russia / International Competition), Vienna International Children’s Film Festival 2022 (Austria / UNICEF Prize Winner), China International Children’s Film Festival 2023 (China / Competition), CMS International Children’s Film Festival 2023 (India), Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth (India), Ulyanovsk Film Festival “With all my heart” 2023 (Russia), Children’s Film & Television Festival “KINOSVET 2023” (Belarus / Best Feature Film for Children Nominee) and Reisendes Freiluftkino Bremen 2023 (Germany / Best Film Award)
THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE SUGAR CANES has been previously screened in Olympia 2022 (Greek Film Critics Association Award) and Dhaka 2023.