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Iran Chooses Women's Rights Film for Oscar Bid

Iran has selected a movie defending women's rights to represent the Islamic republic at the Academy Awards next year in the best foreign film category.

"Cafe Transit" by Kambosia Partovi tells the story of a recently widowed woman who decides to run her husband's truck-stop restaurant near a border village while fending off solicitations of her brother-in-law, who according to tradition has to marry her as a second wife.


A veteran film maker and writer, Partovi is best known for the screenplay of Jafar Panahi's "Circle" the 2000 Venice Golden Lion winner, as well as "I, Taraneh, 15 years old -- both depicting women's problems in Iran. Agence France Presse reports.

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Starts10/02/2006
Ends11/02/2006
IssuesFamily & Society, Gender/Women, Human Rights, International, Media, Equal Opportunities, Middle East
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Posted on October 6, 2006 in Event / Call to action by intern