BIG PICTURE
EDINBURGH IRANIAN FESTIVAL The Edinburgh Iranian Festival celebrates its tenth year with another bumper display of Middle Eastern culture at its most glorious and diverse. There’s a feast of music, food, fashion, dance, art and poetry, and as ever, an excellent selection of Iranian cinema, both old and new, is laid on at the Filmhouse. The programme includes the likes of 24 Frames, Abbas Kiarostami’s experimental final film before his death in 2016; African Violet, about a married couple who take in the wife’s first husband when it’s clear he’s being abandoned by his children; and Hendi and Hormoz, in which a young teenage relationship attempts to thrive amid the strain of ancient customs. ■ Edinburgh Iranian Festival, various venues, Edinburgh, Fri 1–Sat 9 Mar.
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