Majidi's film sweeps awards at 2020 children film festival; 'Wolf Cubs' shines

The 2020 International Film Festival for Children and Youth has announced award winners in a ceremony held in Tehran.

The winners in different sections were announced and awarded in a Friday ceremony at Tehran’s Book Garden, the 33rd ICFF Public Relations Office reports.

Below are the winners in different sections of the event.

International Section Awards

CIFEJ Special Award

Ralf Kukula and Matthias Bruhn for ‘Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale’.

Golden Butterfly and Diploma of Honor in Animated Short Film Section

Maryam Kashkoulinia for ‘The Eleventh Step’

Golden Butterfly and Diploma of Honor in Short Fiction Film Section

 Abdenoure Ziane for ‘Summer Fasting’

Golden Butterfly and Diploma of Honor in Technical Achievement Section

Abbas Askari for ‘Loopetou’

Golden Butterfly and Diploma of Honor for Best Actor

Rouhollah Zamani for ‘Sun Children’

Golden Butterfly and Diploma of Honor for Best Screenplay

Arvind Sivakumaran and Vijay K. Patel from India for ‘The Other Side of the River’

Golden Butterfly and Diploma of Honor for Best Director

Majid Majidi for ‘Sun Children’

Golden Butterfly and Diploma of Honor for Best Picture

Majid Majidi and Amir Banan for ‘Sun Children’

Special Jury Award

Fereydoun Najafi for 'Wolf Cubs of Apple Valley'

Special Young Jury Award

Ralf Kukula and Matthias Bruhn for ‘Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale’

Special Awards

UNICEF Section Award

‘After the Incident’ directed by Pouria Heidari

Corona-Narrative Section Special Award

Mohammad Mehdi-Fekrian for ‘The Last Visit’

Special Director’s Award

Roghayyeh Tavakkoli for ‘Mehran’

Special Director’s Award

Mohammad-Hossein Sadeghi for ‘Loopetou’ producer

Zaven Ghokasian Section:

Majid Majidi for ‘Sun Children’

Behnam Mohammadi Award:

Golden Butterfly

Roghayyeh Tavakkoli for directing ‘Mehran’ director

National Section Awards:

Golden Butterfly for Best Animated Short Film

MaryamKashkoulinia for ‘The Eleventh Step’

Golden Butterfly for Best Short Fiction Film

Reza Nejati ‘The Driver’

Golden Butterfly for Best Feature Film

Mohammad Salehinejad for ‘Cocoon and Butterfly’

Golden Butterfly for Best Technical/Artistic Achievement

Keivan Moghaddam for ‘Sun Children’

Golden Butterfly for Best Actor

Mohammadreza Alivar for ‘Wolf Cubs of Apple Valley’

Golden Butterfly for Best Screenplay

Fereydoun Najafi for ‘Wolf Cubs of Apple Valley’

Golden Butterfly for Best Director

Majid Majidi for ‘Sun Children’

Golden Butterfly for Best Picture

Majid Barzegar for ‘Wolf Cubs of Apple Valley’

Special Jury Award

Mahin Javaherian for directing ‘Ba’le’

Special Young Jury Award

Nadereh Torkamani for ‘The Playful’

Established in 1982, the ICFF is an annual film festival held in the historic city of Isfahan, Iran. The latest edition's closing ceremony was held in Tehran due to the pandemic. 

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