Indian fest honors late Iran actor

All Lights International Film Festival in India has honored late Iranian actor Levon Haftvan.

The latest edition of the festival has given the Honorable Mention 2 to the Iranian actor for his performance in the movie ‘Kupal’ directed by Kazem Mollaei.

The actor played the lead in award-winning film 'Kupal' which narrates the story of Dr. Ahmad Kupal, a taxidermist hunter who faces a challenge just before the Persian New Year.

Haftvan had appeared in Khosrow Masoumi's 'Dirty Job' which premiered at the latest edition of Fajr Film Festival held on February 2018.

Iranian-Armenian thespian died March 10, 2018 at the age of 51 following an incident which occurred on the set of a new production he was shooting.

All Lights International Film Festival aims at providing a platform for global film industry to portray excellence in filmmaking.

The fourth edition of the film festival was held on December 1-4, 2018.

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