Iran cameraman grabs award at US filmfest

Iranian cameraman Mohammad Hadadi wins award at the fourth edition of Flamingo Film Festival for ‘Lunch Time’, US.

Hadadi won the Best Cinematography award for Alireza Ghasemi’s ‘Lunch Time’ at the American event.

Young Iranian cameraman, Mohammad Hadadi has participated and won award at various international film festivals.

After being nominated for a short film Palme d’Or at 70th Cannes, the film will be screened for the second time at the global level in the 23rd Palm Springs International ShortFest.

Alireza Qasemi’s short film ‘Lunch Time’ was recently placed among the official selections for Court Metrage of the 70th edition of Cannes Film Festival in France.

The 15-min film narrates the story of a high school girl who goes to the hospital to identify the body of her mother who has recently passed away.

“The Flamingo Film Festival is dedicated to exhibiting the international short films and videos produced by student filmmakers,” the official website of the festival wrote.

In the past three years, this event, held in South Florida, has honored outstanding narrative, documentary, experimental, and animated projects created by students while enrolled in a college, university or other post-secondary institution.

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