US awards Iran actress

Iranian actress Khorshid Cheraghipour has won award for 'Lunch Time' at the Huntington Beach Film Festival in the US.

Cheraghipour grabbed the award for best actress for her appearance in 'Lunch Time' at the 13th edition of the festival.

Directed by Alireza Qasemi, the short film is about a high school girl who has come to the hospital to identify the body of her mother. The people in charge at the hospital would not let her into the morgue because of her young age.

The 15-minute ‘Lunch Time’ has been nominated for a Palme d’Or at the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.

Among the cast members of ‘Lunch Time’ are Khorshid Cheraqipour, Roya Bakhtiari, Amir Taqdiri, Peyman Naemi, Siavash Cheraqipour, Bahram Omrani, Pouria Akhavan, Mohammad Haddadi, Alireza Qasemi, Mehdi Yeganeh, and Arash Qasemi.

Since 2005, the Huntington Beach Film Festival has been bringing the best of independent films to the society.

The latest edition of the festival was held on February 22-24, 2018.

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