Stunning Iranian 'Baher' premieres in Cannes Film Festival 'Short Film Corner'
Stunning Iranian 'Baher' premieres in Cannes Film Festival 'Short Film Corner' Mahtab Keramati in Hassan Akhondpour's Baher at Cannes Film Festival 'Short Film Corner' Courtesy of Hassan Akhondpour, reprinted with permission Baher by Moira Jean Sullivan, accredited film critic at Festival de Canne s The world premiere of Hassan Akhondpour’s film “Baher” (Her Mind, Iran 2015) was screened on May 21 at the Cannes Film Festival “Short Film Corner” , a promising property of 24 min which the director plans to make into a feature. The "Short Film Corner" this year features over 2,000 films from over 105 countries. "Baher" is one of the most exceptional films coming from Iran today and it is with anticipation we await its further development. Hassan Akhondpour works with dream states and the “conscious” unconscious mind in a carefully choreographed agenda populated with references to animals, the supernatural, chance occurr...