‘Retouch’ wins award at Brussels Short Film Festival

Iranian short film ‘Retouch’ has won an award at the Brussels Short Film Festival in Belgium.

The film brought Best Actress Award for its leading actress Sonya Sanjari at the 2018 edition of the Brussels Short Film Festival in Belgium.

Sanjari has also won the Best Actress Award for her performance from the 1st Sukhum International Film Festival, recently held in Abkhazia.

Directed by Kaveh Mazaheri and produced by the Iranian Young Cinema Society, ‘Retouch’ is about a young woman whose husband dies before her eyes and she just observes the tragic scene.

The film has so far participated in many international film festivals, winning several awards and nominations.

It has previously won Best Short Film awards at the Krakow International Film Festival, the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and the Tribeca Film Festival, all in the US.

‘Retouch’ has also grabbed the Best Fiction Film award at the Short Movie Club in Belarus, the Best International Short award at the Audi Dublin International Film Festival in Ireland, and the top prize for best short film as well as the audience choice award at the Ibn Arabi International Film Festival in Spain.

Its most recent awards include the ‘2nd Best Film’ award from the 10th Short Waves Festival in Poland, Shorts TV Award from the 20th Mecal Pro short Film Festival in Spain, and Best Actress Award at the 1st Sukhum International Film Festival in Abkhazia.

The Brussels Short Film Festival is an exhibition intended for lovers of cinema, both audience and professionals. Its purpose is to promote and circulate short films and to generate contacts between audience, young directors and professionals.

The latest edition of the film festival has been held from April 25 to May 6, 2018, in Belgian capital city.

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