Parting (film)

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Parting
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Directed byNavid Mahmoudi
Written byNavid Mahmoudi
StarringReza Ahmadi
Fereshteh Hosseini
Behrang Alavi
Nazanin Bayati
CinematographyKoohyar Kalari
Edited byJamshid Mahmoudi
Music bySahand Mahdizadeh
Production
company
Aseman Parvaz Film
Distributed byDreamLab Films
Release dates
  • 9 September 2016 (2016-09-09)(Afghanistan)
  • 9 October 2016 (2016-10-09)(BIFF)
Running time
78 minutes
CountriesAfghanistan
Iran
LanguagesPersian
Dari

Parting is a 2016 Afghan-Iranian drama film written and directed by Navid Mahmoudi. [1] It was selected as the Afghan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. [2] However, the film was not included in the final list of submissions published by the Academy. [3] It was screened at the Busan International Film Festival in October 2016. Parting was the inaugural film at the 21st International Film Festival of Kerala. [4]

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Cast

Awards and nominations

AwardCategoryRecipientResult
21st Busan International Film Festival [5] Vision-Director's AwardNavid MahmoudiWon

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References

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  2. Bhushan, Nyay (12 September 2016). "Oscars: Afghanistan Selects 'Raftan' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 12 September 2016.
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