Russian film festival awards Iranian director Maziar Miri

Iran’s Maziar Miri has been crowned Best Director at the «In the family» International film festival in Russia.

Miri received the Best Director award at the 14th edition of the Russian event on Saturday for his film ‘Sara & Aida’.

‘Sara & Aida’ narrates the story of two intimate friends.

"When the reputation of one of them is in danger, both of them try to help solve the situation. But how far will they go to support each other?" a synopsis for the film reads.

The film stars Ghazal Shakeri, Pegah Ahangarani, Mostafa Zamani, Saeed Changizian, Tina Pakravan, and Shirin Yazdanbakhsh.

‘Sara & Aida’ won the Best Feature Fiction Film award in a section titled Film from Asian Continent at the 10th Jaipur International Film Festival in India.

The 14th edition of the «In the family» International film festival was held in the city of Yaroslavl on July 7-13, 2019.

SQ/MG