Iran to select bests of children cinema

The 31st edition of the International Film Festival for Children and Youth (ICFF) has set to select the bests of 40 years of children cinema in Iran.

The nominated films and cineastes are selected by votes of 120 film critics from more than 200 films. the nominations are as follows:

Best Children Film:

'Bashou, Little Stranger' directed by Bahram Beizaei

'Where is Friend's Home?' directed by Abbas Kiarostami

'City of Mice' directed by Mohammad-Ali Talebi and Marzieh Boroumand

'Golnar' directed by Kambozia Partovi

'The Red Hat and Cousin' directed by Iraj Tahmasb

Best Youth Film:

'Shame' directed by Kioumars Pour-Ahmad

'Need' directed by Ali-Reza Davoudnejad

'Bashou, Little Stranger' directed by Bahram Beizaei

'The Runner' directed by Amir Naderi

'The Girl in the Sneakers' directed by Rasoul Sadr-Ameli

'I'm Taraneh, 15' directed by Rasoul Sadr-Ameli

'Children of Heaven' directed by Majid Majidi

Best Script:

'Where is Friend's Home?' written by Abbas Kiarostami

'Need' written by Ali-Akbar Qazi-Nezam

'Bashou, Little Stranger' written by Bahram Beizaei

'I'm Taraneh, 15' written by Kambozia Partovi

'Children of Heaven' written by Majid Majidi

Best Director:

Bahram Beizaei

Kioumars Pour-Ahmad

Amir Naderi

Abbas Kiarostami

Iraj Tahmasb

Mohammad-Ali Talebi

Best Children Actor:

Ghazal Shakeri in 'Golnar'

Farrokh Hashemian in 'Children of Heaven'

Aida Mohammad-Khani in 'The White Balloon'

Babak Ahmad-Pour in 'Where is Friend's Home?'

Adnan Afravian in 'Bashou, Little Stranger'

Mohsen Ramezani in 'The Color of Paradise'

Samaneh Jalali in 'Boot'

Best Youth Actor:

Mehdi Baqer-Beigi in 'The Tales of Majid'

Adnan Afravian in 'Bashou, Little Stranger'

Taraneh Alidousti in 'I'm Taraneh, 15'

Abbas Alizadeh in 'For the Sake of Hanieh'

Pegah Ahangarani in 'The Girl in the Sneakers'

Majid Niroumand in 'The Runner'

Officially started on August 30, the 2018 edition of the ICFF is slated to wrap up on September 5.

MG/FM