‘Empty Nets’ Director Behrooz Karamizade on Capturing Hope, Despair of Young Iranians in Karlovy Vary Competition Title

Behrooz Karamizade’s Iranian drama “Empty Nets,” which has its international premiere in the Crystal Globe Competition at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, offers a sobering look at the increasingly difficult, sometimes hopeless lives of young working-class people in Iran as they strive for better lives. Set on Iran’s northern Caspian Sea coast, the film follows […]