Iranian ‘Day Off’ fares well at US festival

Iranian short film ‘Day Off’ directed by Aidin Pedari has won best short film award at the DIY Film Festival in the US.

‘Day Off’ was awarded the best short film award in the World Cinema category of the festival’s 14th edition.

Pedari’s film depicts a young pizza delivery man who takes a day off to go out with his dying dog, and then he faces surrealistic and poetic moments around him.

“Filmmaker Pedari takes us on a heartbreaking tour of inner and outer beauty of his hometown”, the festival’s official website commented on the short film.

The DIY Film Festival is a cinematic event organized online in Santa Monica, US hosting films from different countries around the world.

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