Chinese award goes to Iranian ‘Botox’

The Shenzhen International Film Festival (SIFF) in China has awarded Iranian movie ‘Botox’.

Directed by Kaveh Mazaheri, the Iranian drama received the best feature award at the 2021 edition of the Chinese event.

‘Botox’ is about Akram and Azar, two siblings who have lied to everyone about their brother’s disappearance. They have told others that he fled to Germany and that they have no news of him.

Gradually, the lie turns into reality in Akram’s mind. She starts to count the days for her brother to come back.

Mazaheri’s movie grabbed best screenplay and best film awards at the Torino Film Festival and best actress award at the Torino Underground Cinefest, both in Italy. It also brought Mazaheri the first-film director award at the Fajr International Film Festival in Iran and won the award for best debut feature at the Tirana International Film Festival in Albania.

‘Botox’ has so far gone on screen at several global events, including the Bucharest International Film Festival in Romania, the Amman International Film Festival – Awal Film in Jordan, the Beijing International Film Festival in China, the Salento International Film Festival (BISCEGLIE) in Italy, and the Burgas International Film Festival in Bulgaria.

The cast list of the flick includes Sousan Parvar, Mohsen Kiani, Mahdokht Molaee, Soroush Saeedi, and Morteza Khanjani.

iFilm English TV has recently published a comprehensive report on ‘Botox’. Click here to watch the report.

Founded in 2013, the SIFF encourages and supports filmmakers to enhance their passion and interest in film creation through more exchanges, broaden their horizons and learn more creative methods and skills.

The mission and goal of the SIFF is to encourage the creation of outstanding film productions, to seek and support young film and television talents, to cultivate high-quality film and television creative projects, to promote the integrated development of the film and television industry and the new media industry, and to strengthen cultural exchanges, international exchanges and cooperation.

The 2021 edition of the SIFF was held on October 30-November 2.

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