24 August 2016

“Night over Chile” on the First Day of the Festival

TEHRAN (AIPFF) - On the first day of AIPFF, the documentary “Night over Chile”, directed by Sebastian Alarcon, is going to be screened on Wednesday, 24th of August in Soureh Hall of Howzeh Honari at 14 p.m.

TEHRAN (AIPFF) – On the first day of AIPFF, the documentary “Night over Chile”, directed by Sebastian Alarcon, is going to be screened on Wednesday, 24th  of August in Soureh Hall of Howzeh Honari at 14 p.m.

Night over Chile is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Sebastian Alarcon and Aleksandr Kosarev. It was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Prize.

The film chronicling the events surrounding the military coup which toppled the leftists Chilean government of Salvador Allende. This film confines its efforts to the main events themselves and is based on interviews with eyewitnesses, including many who resisted the takeover.

"Night Over Chile" by Sebastian Alarcon and Aleksandr Kosarev

“Night Over Chile” (1997) , by Sebastian Alarcon and Aleksandr Kosarev

The 3rd edition of Ammar International Popular Film Festival is on the 24th of August in Teheran, capital city of Iran. The date of the festival is coincided with the 63rd anniversary of the US-sponsored 1953 coup d’état against the government of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq.

The mission of Ammar festival is to help the world become familiarized with the Iranian culture and promote the true image of Iran and the Iranian people.

 

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