MUMBAI: Debutante director Aamir Bashir’s Harud will be screened at the 7th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), which started on 12 December and will run till 19 December.

The film is in the competition section of DIFF‘s Muhr Asiaaaafrica. With the screening at the DIFFCompetition and is making its Middle East premiere.

The film is a story of how a Kashmiri youth encounters the customary trappings of the term "azaadi" (freedom). In Harud, protagonists struggle to regain their dignity and in turn their humanity from the violent assaults of the state as well as the rebels.

The film will be screened on 13 and 16 December where Bashir along with his crew is expected to be present.

Bashir’s commitment to acting has seen him excel in many independent films like Clever and Lonely, Split Wide Open, The Great Indian Butterfly and the award-winning Frozen. He was nominated for best supporting actor at the 2009 Screen Awards for his role in the film A Wednesday.