Iranian director Majid Majidi, whose Children of Heaven (1997) was the first Iranian film to be nominated for an Academy Award, returns with Iran's submission for this year's Best International Feature Film Oscar. A 12-year-old boy and three friends work to support their families by committing petty crimes to make fast money. When the boy is entrusted by the local crime boss to find a treasure hidden underneath the Sun School, a charitable institution that tries to educate street kids and child laborers, he and his friends must enroll at the school to gain access. Winner of the Lanterna Magica Award and the Marcello Mastrioanno Award at the 2020 Venice Film Festival. Co-presented by the <a href="http://www.iaboston.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Iranian Association of Boston</a>

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A 12-year-old boy and three friends work to support their families by committing petty crimes to make fast money. When the local crime boss gives them the job of finding an underground treasure, they must enroll in a school to gain access to an underground tunnel

Please join us for the discussion on Zoom on Monday, April 26, 2021 @ 7:30 PM. Only ticket holders will receive a link to the discussion. Speaker: Hessam Dehghani, Assistant Professor of Teaching Persian Language &amp; Culture at the University of British Columbia and a Research Associate at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard.

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Belmont World Film's 19th International Film Series, "Family Ties," runs March 16-May 10, and features 8 of the world's top films. All but one film stream for one week each, culminating in virtual discussions on Mondays at 7:30 PM, led by either the filmmaker or an expert on the film's subject.

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