Lifft India awards Intoxicated Narcissus

Iranian movie ‘Intoxicated Narcissus’ (Nargese Mast) has grabbed two awards at the 2020 edition of the Lifft India Awards (Filmotsav-World Cine Fest).

Directed by Seyyed-Jalaleddin Dorri, the film won Jury Special Mention Award and brought Best Music Director award to Majid Derakhshani.

‘Intoxicated Narcissus’ is about an old-time designer of musical instruments who frequently meet up with a young music band in his house.

He sometimes imagines each young player as one of the famed Iranian music maestros.

Mehdi Pakdel, Mitra Hajjar, Saeed Pour-Samimi, Houman Barqnavard, Siamak Safari, Amir-Hossein Modarres, Matin Sotoudeh, Negar Abedi, Behnam Qorbani, Mojgan Akhlaqi, Hasti Farahi, and Mehdi Farajvand are on the cast list of ‘Intoxicated Narcissus’.

The Lifft India is a Global Touring festival of literature, illusion, information, film, frame, television and theatre awards held annually in Lonavla, a tourist destination of India near Mumbai and Pune.

The event hosts Q&A, conversation and master-class sessions with participant and eminent film makers and actors to help in growing the knowledge of filmmaking amongst the new and budding film enthusiasts.

The Lifft India is amongst the very few festivals in the world which has integrated the mix of all the possible genre, mode, style, format of filmmaking meant for theatrical release, television, VOD service, Online Player etc. under one roof to boost the exchange of ideas and possibilities between the various filmmakers who attend the festival.

The 2020 edition of the Lifft India Awards announced its winners online on December 25-26.

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