Spanish fest awards Iranian film ‘The Badger’

Iranian feature ‘The Badger’ has received two awards at the fourth edition of the Calella Film Festival in Spain.

The Best Screenplay award of the fest was presented to Kazem Mollaee and the Best Actress award went to Vishka Asayesh.

Directed by Mollaee, the feature film is about a woman named Soudeh who lives with her son in an old apartment.

Soudeh’s 11-year-old son, Matiar, gets kidnapped as she is about to start a second marriage.

After considerable search and effort, Soudeh decides to ask for the ransom money from her ex-husband, Peyman. How much will this incident challenge her certainties?

Hassan Majouni, Behnoush Bakhtiyari, Reza Behboudi, Vishka Asayesh, Mehraveh Sharifinia, and Gohar Kheirandish are on the cast list of ‘The Badger’.

The 93-minute feature has gone on screen at some global events, including the Jaipur International Film Festival in India, the Sofia MENAR Film Festival in Bulgaria, and the Dhaka International Film Festival in Bangladesh.

Launched in 2015, the Calella Film Festival aims to bring a collection of the best movies to cinema lovers.

The 2021 edition of the event was held on October 1-9.

PR/MG