TEHRAN-- Acclaimed Iranian short drama Adjustment will contend in the 26th International Film Festival Zoom-Zblizenia, Poland.In this movie directed by Mehrdad Hassani, 9-year-old Shahrokh needs to decide about whether to welcome their true gender identity, their true self in face of the intolerance within their household and village.The movie has been screened at several global events and won awards, consisting of the very best short fiction award at the 2022 Barcelona Human Rights Film Festival.The 2022 Chicago International Childrens Film Festival also honored the film with the Embrace Award.

Adjustment likewise won the Grand Prix at the Busan International Short Film Festival.The film will compete with 59 fiction films in the Zoom-Zblizenia movie festival, which will occur from March 6 to 12 at the Local Community Center in Jelenia Gora.A jury comprising screenwriter Beata Dzianowicz, reporter Daniel Antosik and director Malgorzata Imielska will choose winners.The celebration is one of the biggest and crucial independent movie theater celebrations in Poland.

It is arranged as part of the project, Polish-Czech Close-Ups, which is co-financed by the European Union within the European Regional Development Fund and the state budget plan through the Euroregion Nysa.Its goal is to present the authors movie theater, ambitious, high artistic value, moving independent and original subject matter, as well as the promo of independent movie art.Because the primary goal of the celebration is the presentation of the filmmakers achievements, combined with any brand-new patterns and ideas in the independent movie-making scene, the character of the celebration makes room for a variety of kinds.

There are no constraints on themes and topics.Photo: Adjustment by Iranian director Mehrdad Hassani.MMS/ YAW