Bandar Band

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Bandar Band
Directed by Manijeh Hekmat
Written byManijeh Hekmat
Mostafa Zandi
Produced byManijeh Hekmat,
Mahshid Ahangarani Farahani,
Yasmin Khalifa
StarringReza Koolghani
Pegah Ahangarani
Amir Hossein Taheri
Mahdieh Mousavi
CinematographySajjad Avarand
Edited byNavid Tohidi
Music byFarshad Fozouni
Production
companies
Bamdad Film, kapFilme
Release date
  • September 15, 2020 (2020-09-15)(TIFF) [1]
Running time
75 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

Bandar Band is an Iranian drama film, directed by Manijeh Hekmat and released in 2020. [2] The film centres on a trio of musicians who have entered a music competition in Tehran, but whose travel plans are complicated and upended by the 2019 Iran floods. [2]

The film premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. [3]

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References

  1. "Bandar Band".
  2. 1 2 "Toronto Intl. Film Festival picks two films from Iran". Tehran Times , July 31, 2020.
  3. Victoria Ahearn, "TIFF announces all 50 titles for pandemic-tailored 2020 event". Toronto Star , July 30, 2020.