Iraqi Slemani fest awards Iranian short

The 3rd edition of the Slemani International Film Festival in Iraqi Kurdistan region has awarded Iranian short film ‘Blister’.

‘Blister’ by Morteza Shams won the award for best short film at the Iraqi event.

In ‘Blister’ a man hides his job from his wife but she wants to find out the truth, and it causes bigger problem.

The film’s cast includes Paria Vaziri, Fereydoun Hamedi, Homayoun Hejazi, Reza Shams-Vala, Taimaz Rezvani, Zahra Karimi, and Nahid Zare.

The Iraqi festival screened a number of Iranian films, including ‘No Date, No Signature’ by Vahid Jalilvand, ‘Golnesa’ by Sattar Chamani-Gol, 'Alphabet' by Kianoush Abedi, 'Balance' by Barzan Rostami, ‘Bystander’ by Sheyda Kashi, 'Take Me Home' by late director Abbas Kiarostami, and Iranian-Indian feature ‘Beyond the Clouds’ by Majid Majidi.

The jury members of the Slemani International Film Festival presented 14 “Golden Pine” awards to the participating movies in international and Kurdish sections of the festival. Four of them went to Iranian productions.

The 3rd edition of the Slemani International Film Festival was held on October 10-16, 2018, in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan.

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