Iran’s “Taboor” to compete in Tribeca festival

TEHRAN,March 9(MNA) -- The award-winning Iranian film “Taboor” will compete in the 12th Tribeca Film Festival, which will be held in New York City from April 17 to 28. Directed by Vahid Vakilifar, the film is about a man who seeks to protect his hypersensitive body from a daily rise in temperature caused by pervasive electromagnetic waves. The film will go on screen at the Viewpoints section of the festival, which will focus on stories told from distinctly male and female perspectives. The movie received the First Special Mention at the 53rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Athens, Greece in November 2012 The French company DreamLab Films is the distributor of this film.