New Zealand sent “Morrow” to the Oscars/Variety: Iran’s prolific director is going to the Oscars!

According to the film reporter of Fars News Agency, quoted by varietyNew Zealand has announced the film “Morrow” written and directed by Tearepa Kahi as a candidate for the Academy Awards for the Best International Feature Film 2022-23.

Inspired by true events, “Morrow” is the story of a local police sergeant (played by Cliff Curtis) who must choose between serving his badge or his people when the government uses counter-terrorism powers to carry out an armed attack. to give

Morro was the opening film at the New Zealand International Film Festival in July, and began its general release in the country in August, topping the box office for two weeks.

The international premiere of this film was at the recent Toronto festival. “Moro” will be screened at the Busan festival in the next stage. A general release in Australia will follow in October.

variety In the continuation of this report, he also mentioned Iran’s selected film at the Oscars and wrote: Iran has chosen the political drama “World War III” by Homan Sidi, a young and prolific director, as its candidate in the international feature film section of the Oscars.

“World War III” recently won the top prize in the Horizons category at the Venice Film Festival, as well as the acting award for Mohsen Tanabandeh.

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