Cinema Cinema to pick Figure of the Year

The Cinema Cinema Academy has announced ten nominees for Leading Figure of the Year award.

Announced on Tuesday, the list of nominees for the Leading Figure of the Year at Iran’s first private film academy includes nine cineastes and an official.

Filmmakers Narges Abyar, Mohsen Amir-Yousefi, Bahram Tavakkoli, Saeed Roustaee, Houman Seyyedi and Reza Mirkarimi, actors Navid Mohammadzadeh, Javad Ezzati and Ali Nasiriyan, as well as director of Iran’s Cinema Organization Hossein Entezami are nominated.

The nominees were selected by 207 film critics, journalists and media figures from more than 60 media outlets.

The Leading Figure of the Year will receive the Mehre-Giah award during the Cinema Cinema Academy Awards night on August 10.

The organizers have named the award Mehre-Giah (mandrake), which is considered to be a mythical plant and the symbol of fertility, love and unity in the Iranian culture.

The award made of bronze represents a mandrake with five leaves placed on a rock-shaped stand. 

Iranian popular comedian Reza Attaran was named as the Leading Figure of the Year last year.

The Cinema Cinema Academy Awards ceremony, which can be considered as the Iranian equivalent to the Oscars, is slated to be held at Tehran’s Enqelab Hotel.

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