‘Hit the Road’ wins award at Mar del Plata filmfest

Mar del Plata International Film Festival in Argentina has awarded Iranian movie ‘Hit the Road’.

Written and directed by Panah Panahi, the film grabbed the best movie award at the 2021 edition of the festival.

The feature film follows a chaotic, tender family that is on a road trip across a rugged landscape and fussing over the sick dog and getting on each other’s nerves. Only the mysterious older brother is quiet.

Hassan Majouni, Pantea Panahiha, Rayan Sarlak, and Amin Simiar are on the cast list of the 93-minute movie.

As the only Latin American Film Festival which was granted a ‘Category A’ by the FIAPF, the Mar del Plata International Film Festival was launched in 1954 out of the need to reflect the universe of Argentine and international cinema.

As years went by, the Festival established itself as a prominent sample of development and exchange of the cinematographic industry and audiovisual arts.

The 2021 edition of the event was held on November 18-28.

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