TEHRAN -- Twenty-four short documentaries from around the world will compete in the international competition section of the 20th edition of Iran’s Cinema Verité International Documentary Film Festival.
The lineup, announced by the festival’s press office, brings together filmmakers from a wide range of countries, including Italy, Tunisia, the UK, Russia, the Netherlands, Estonia, Montenegro, Libya, Kyrgyzstan, Iceland, Taiwan, Palestine, Indonesia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Switzerland, India, Mexico, Turkey, Germany and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Among the selected films is The Woman Who Walks (La femme qui marche), directed by Francesco Clerici and Khaoula Matri, a co-production between Italy, Tunisia and the UK. 
The selection also includes Draw Our House, directed by Inna Kudryavtseva of Russia; Koki, Ciao by Dutch filmmaker Quenton Miller; and Alien Rider, directed by Jacopo Domenichini of Italy.
The Estonian documentary The Voice, directed by Mart Raukass, and Montenegro’s Human for Human, directed by Sead Šabotić, are also in competition, alongside Libya’s Echo, directed by Mohamed Masli.
Representing Kyrgyzstan is Because, I Am a Girl, a collaborative documentary credited in the festival announcement to Sayazhan Ispolganova, Alisa Tyan, Rosita Keneshova, Fatima Chorobekova, Dariya Murzulukova and Aiana Baimuratova. The Icelandic entry Postcards, directed by Freyja Kristinsdóttir, and Taiwan’s 10 Seconds, by Chih Hao Shen, also feature in the selection.
Palestine has two films in the competition: Everyday in Gaza, directed by Omar Rammal, and Gaza’s Lost Horizon, directed by Mo’men Ghanim Hasanain. Other entries include Italy’s Mina de Oro, directed by Andrea Morghen; Indonesia’s Harun Namanya, by Kasan Kurdi; and the UK production New Ground, directed by Luisa Reichenbach.
The Czech Republic is represented by Voice of the Sea, directed by Natalia Dobrzhanskaya, while Finland’s entry is An Underground Bird, directed by Eero Tammi. Russia’s Alone (also known as Odni), directed by Alexander Abdulaparov, and Switzerland’s Nonna Lucia, by Marcel Barelli, are also among the selected films.
The remaining titles include India’s Warp and Weft, directed by Isolda Milenkovic; Mexico’s Aki, by David Buitrón Fernández; Turkey’s The Survivor, directed by Önder M. Özdem; Germany’s Wind, by Jens Nagels; and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Wheels Within Wheels, directed by Jelena Medić.
The 20th edition of the Iran International Documentary Film Festival, internationally known as Cinema Verité, will take place Dec. 9–15 at Mellat Cineplex in Tehran. Muhammad Hamidi-Moghadam serves as the festival’s director.