The 2020 International Film Festival for Children and Youth has announced award winners in a ceremony held in Tehran.
The winners in different sections were announced and awarded in a Friday ceremony at Tehran’s Book Garden, the 33rd ICFF Public Relations Office reports.
Below are the winners in different sections of the event.
International Section Awards
CIFEJ Special Award
Ralf Kukula and Matthias Bruhn for ‘Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale’.
Golden Butterfly and Diploma of Honor in Animated Short Film Section
Maryam Kashkoulinia for ‘The Eleventh Step’
Golden Butterfly and Diploma of Honor in Short Fiction Film Section
Abdenoure Ziane for ‘Summer Fasting’
Golden Butterfly and Diploma of Honor in Technical Achievement Section
Abbas Askari for ‘Loopetou’
Golden Butterfly and Diploma of Honor for Best Actor
Rouhollah Zamani for ‘Sun Children’
Golden Butterfly and Diploma of Honor for Best Screenplay
Arvind Sivakumaran and Vijay K. Patel from India for ‘The Other Side of the River’
Golden Butterfly and Diploma of Honor for Best Director
Majid Majidi for ‘Sun Children’
Golden Butterfly and Diploma of Honor for Best Picture
Majid Majidi and Amir Banan for ‘Sun Children’
Special Jury Award
Fereydoun Najafi for 'Wolf Cubs of Apple Valley'
Special Young Jury Award
Ralf Kukula and Matthias Bruhn for ‘Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale’
Special Awards
UNICEF Section Award
‘After the Incident’ directed by Pouria Heidari
Corona-Narrative Section Special Award
Mohammad Mehdi-Fekrian for ‘The Last Visit’
Special Director’s Award
Roghayyeh Tavakkoli for ‘Mehran’
Special Director’s Award
Mohammad-Hossein Sadeghi for ‘Loopetou’ producer
Zaven Ghokasian Section:
Majid Majidi for ‘Sun Children’
Behnam Mohammadi Award:
Golden Butterfly
Roghayyeh Tavakkoli for directing ‘Mehran’ director
National Section Awards:
Golden Butterfly for Best Animated Short Film
MaryamKashkoulinia for ‘The Eleventh Step’
Golden Butterfly for Best Short Fiction Film
Reza Nejati ‘The Driver’
Golden Butterfly for Best Feature Film
Mohammad Salehinejad for ‘Cocoon and Butterfly’
Golden Butterfly for Best Technical/Artistic Achievement
Keivan Moghaddam for ‘Sun Children’
Golden Butterfly for Best Actor
Mohammadreza Alivar for ‘Wolf Cubs of Apple Valley’
Golden Butterfly for Best Screenplay
Fereydoun Najafi for ‘Wolf Cubs of Apple Valley’
Golden Butterfly for Best Director
Majid Majidi for ‘Sun Children’
Golden Butterfly for Best Picture
Majid Barzegar for ‘Wolf Cubs of Apple Valley’
Special Jury Award
Mahin Javaherian for directing ‘Ba’le’
Special Young Jury Award
Nadereh Torkamani for ‘The Playful’
Established in 1982, the ICFF is an annual film festival held in the historic city of Isfahan, Iran. The latest edition's closing ceremony was held in Tehran due to the pandemic.
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