Iran’s ‘Slaughter’ on screen at Spain’s Riurau Short filmfest

Iranian flick ‘Slaughter’ has been going on screen at the Riurau International Short Film Festival (RRFF) in Spain.

Co-directed by Ako Zand-Karimi and Saman Hosseinpour, the 13-minute flick is being screened at the formal section of short fiction works at the 10th edition of the Spanish event.

‘Slaughter’ narrates the story of a family that has to sell its only cow to live through a tough winter.

The family’s son, however, is not happy with the deal, so he lets the cow escape.

The film has so far attended a number of global events, including the Early Bird International Student Film Festival in Bulgaria, the Third Eye Asian Film Festival in India, the Threadbare Mitten Film Festival in the US, and the Mareta Film Festival in Italy, where it won the Best Short Film Award.

It won the Jury Prize at the Rural Short Film Competition (Mostremp) in Spain, the best screenplay award at the Parma Music Film Festival in Italy, as well as best Asian narrative and best director awards at the Global University Film Awards in China.

‘Slaughter’ was also announced as the Audience Choice at the Fredonia Film Festival in the US and fetched Fereydoun Hamedi the Best Actor award at the International University Festival Cine-Literature of Agadir in Morocco.

The short film was also named the Best Fiction Film at "The Unprecedented Cinema" of the International Festival of Short Film in Estonia, won Best Short Film award at the International Independent Film Festival - Publicystyka in Poland, and received Best Cinematography award at the Asian Cinematography Awards in the Philippines.

Founded by the non-profit association of Escola de Cinema Riurau in 2012, the RRFF aims to offer a space for meeting, dissemination, development and competition to short filmmakers from all over the world.

The 2021 edition of the Riurau International Short Film Festival has been slated for August 21–September 11 in five different Spanish cities.

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