Moayyeri’s drama Lifeline has been slated to be premiered at the section of Winds of Asia-Middle East - Film Panorama of Asia-Middle East.
The 90-minute movie, Lifeline, revolves around the labors of the workers who install electrical transmission towers in the northern Iranian forest town of Galougah.
Fifteen films will be screened in the Competition Section. A total of 1,332 titles from 91 countries and regions were submitted to TIFF this year.
The overall theme of this year's festival is “The Power of Films, Now” but with a special emphasis on “co-existence of nature and mankind.”
The 2012 edition of Tokyo International Festival is scheduled to take place from October 20 to 28.
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