The South African Academy Award nominated film Yesterday was well received at a film festival in Iran this week, the film’s producers said on Friday.
Yesterday opened the inaugural SA Film Festival in Tehran at a gala screening hosted by SA ambassador in Iran Yusuf Saloojee, said Videovision Entertainment’s Nilesh Singh.
He said the film’s producer Anant Singh and director Darrell Roodt introduced their film to the audience.
”I am deeply moved by Yesterday,” said the executive assistant to the ambassador, Afsoon Azami.
”We are delighted to have initiated dialogue between filmmakers from Iran and South Africa through the festival,” said Saloojee, adding that they intended holding the festival annually.
Singh said the 11th International Film Festival of Kerala opened in Trivandrum, India on Friday, featuring a retrospective of films produced by Singh and Videovision Entertainment.
They include Sarafina!, The Stick, Yesterday, Paljas, Red Dust, The Long Run and Cry, the Beloved Country.
Singh is attending that festival with Roodt, who is on the festival jury. – Sapa