"Maternal Love" by Kamal Tabrizi, Iran

A boy who lives in a reform school can not believe his mother is dead. He has created a fictional image of her around a press clipping and plans to find her. When a new social worker comes to the reform school, the boy believes that she is his mother. Unwillingly, she lets him stay at her home, intending to take him back to the school the next day. However, when the boy discovers that they plan to send him back, he runs away once again.

Directed by Kamal Tabrizi

Screenplay by Kamal Tabrizi, Reza Maghsudi

Photography by Aziz Sa'ati

Editing by Hassan Hassandust

Music by Keyvan jahanshahi

Cast: Fatemeh Motamed Aria, Hossein Soleimani, Golshid Eqbali, Jamshid Esmailkhani, Mohamad Davudnejad.

Producing Company: Farabi Cinema Foundation.