The Rain Falls Where It Will, the latest work of the renowned Iranian filmmaker, Majid Barzegar, participated along with 8 more titles in the festival line-up for the panorama competition. The film chronicles the daily life of a quiet nurse who takes away the lives of the patients who have lost their hope in recovery. It is an Iranian Canadian co-production by Rainy Pictures on the Iranian side and The Other End on the Canadian side. The film premiered in the 50th Rotterdam International Film Festival and went on to Durban International Film Festival, the oldest and the largest film festival in Africa before it was presented at Golden Apricot.
“With the exponentially increasing pressures and limitations imposed upon independent cinema in Iran, it is becoming extremely difficult to pursue the path of arthouse filmmaking in Iran. With the everchanging landscape of film politics and the exacerbating economical conditions looming over independent film budgets, it has become a very tough mission to keep the flag of arthouse cinema high in the country”, says Majid Barzegar, who is also one of the leading producers of independent cinema. Many of the films produced in his Rainy Pictures office in Tehran have premiered in some of the most distinguished festivals in the world such as Cannes, Berlinale, San Sebastian, Busan and Chicago International Film Festivals.
Several of Majid’s previous films have seen the light of the screen in Golden Apricot in the previous years and the director is a regular participant of the festival. The Rain Falls Where It Will was presented in the festival by its Canadian producer, Am...
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