Iran’s Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC) has announced that during an agreement, the DEFC will provide only 25 billion Rials ($1.3 million) of the total costs of the project and the rest will be financed by the companies.
The documentary project is estimated to cost about 70 billion Rials (over $3.5 million), said DEFC Director Shafi Aqamohammadian.
US-based Iranian filmmaker Asadollah Niknejad is slated to direct the film which will chronicle the life of the first Iranian female rally driver Laleh Seddiq.
Iran's Deputy Culture Minister for Cinematic Affairs Javad Shamaqdari commissioned his advisor Jalil Erfanmanesh to revise the screenplay of the Laleh, which was written by Niknejad.
Born in 1977, Laleh Seddiq is an Iranian female race car driver who races both on circuits and in rallies. She has been called the "little Schumacher" after Germany's Michael Schumacher.
Seddiq, who started driving at the age of 13 under her father’s instruction, has many successful experiences, even better results than many of her male counterparts.
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