''In the Alleys of Love'' ( fa, در کوچه‌های عشق, ''Dar Koocheha-ye Eshgh'') is a 1991

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war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about navy, naval, air force, air, or army, land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle s ...

about the city of

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shortly after the

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. The film was shot in colour on 35 mm film.

Khosrow Sinai Khosrow Sinai ( fa, خسرو سینایی , 19 January 1941 – 1 August, 2020) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, composer, poet and scholar. Sinai's work was influenced by documentaries and focused on social and artistic subjects. ...

wrote, directed, and produced the film, as well as composing the music.

Film festivals

The film was invited to the following film festivals: * 1991 Cannes Film Festival, (France) (

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) *9th

Fajr International Film Festival Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بین‌المللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; fa, جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. T ...

(Tehran) *

Locarno International Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, ...

(Switzerland 1991) (Critics Week) *16th International festival of festivals in Toronto (1991 Canada) *20th International festival of modern Cinema and Video in Montreal (1991 Canada) *35th International Film Festival in London (1992) *International Film Festival of India (Bangalore 1992) *9th International Film Festival in Annonay (1992- France) *15th International Film Festival in Portland (USA - 1992) *16th International Film Festival in Hong Kong (1992) *2nd International Film Festival of “Human Rights Watch” in New York – USA – 1992 *25th International Film Festival in Houston – USA (1992) *10th International Film Festival in Rivertown – USA (1992) *18th International Film Festival in Seattle – USA (1992)

References

External links

* 1991 films 1990s Persian-language films Iranian war films Iran–Iraq War films Films directed by Khosrow Sinai 1990s war films {{war-film-stub