MUMBAI: IFC Films has acquired the US rights of Bahman Ghobadi‘s No One Knows About Persian Cats which it plans to release in April.

The Iranian film had its North American premiere at the AFI Fest in Los Angeles last November. It will be screened in a special presentation at the upcoming SXSW Film Festival in March, and as part of a retrospective of Ghobadi‘s films at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in April.

Persian Cats explores Tehran‘s youth and underground music scene and its unapologetic desire for creative expression in the face of an oppressive government.
It had its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at last year‘s Cannes film festival, where it also won the special jury prize.