Kenya filmfest awards Iran film

‘No Place for Angels’ has won an award at the Kenya International Sports Film Festival.

The film directed by Sam Kalantari, grabbed the special award of SAFINAZ Foundation at the 2020 edition of the event.

The film won Crystal Simorgh for Best Documentary Film at the 37th Fajr Film Festival.

‘No Place for Angles’, which has been shot over the course of a three-year shooting stage, depicts the hardships women go through to achieve their success in their sports field.

The filmmaker has accompanied the Iranian women ice-hockey team on their various games in South Korea and France. The film, in fact, means to show that anyone can get what they want if they work hard enough for that.

The music piece for the flick has been composed by Habib Khazaeifar, who has also made soundtrack for ifilm flick ‘Standing in the Dust’.

Kenya International Sports Film Festival is a Film Festival that is a depiction of the synergy that exists between Sports and Film.

This Festival is an initiative of Safinaz Foundation that promotes Sports in Kenya because the foundation firmly believes that while Sports unifies society, Film inspires society.

The third edition of the festival was held on October 29-31, 2020.

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