Black Rabbit, White Rabbit, a mystery drama by Iranian filmmaker Shahram Mokri ( Fish & Cat ), has been selected to represent the country of Tajikistan in the best international feature film category at the Oscars.

The news follows the film’s International Film Festival of India – Vision Asian Award honor at the Busan International Film Festival . The movie next screens at the BFI London Film Festival and Chicago International Film Festival.

The film, a co-production between Tajikistan and the United Arab Emirates, was made with the support of Tajikfilm in Tajikistan and produced in Tajik and Persian. The cast includes a group of prominent Tajik actors, namely Babak Karimi, Hasti Mohammaï, Kibriyo Dilyobova, and Bezhan Davlyatov. Mokri wrote the screenplay with Nasim Ahmad

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