‘Driving Lessons’ wins nomination at Granada filmfest

Iranian short film ‘Driving Lessons’ has won a nomination at the 2020 International Festival of Granada - PREMIOS LORCA in Spain.

‘Driving Lessons’ by Marzieh Riahi succeeded to win nomination for the best international short film award at the 26th edition of the festival.

The short will compete with other shorts from around the world to win the Lorca Award.

‘Driving Lessons’ is about a woman named Bahareh who has a driving test to pass.

She has to have her traditional chauvinistic husband accompany her during driving lessons so that she and her instructor are not alone together.

The film’s cast members include Linda Kiani, Alireza Sanifar, Salar Khamseh, and Sanaz Mesbah.

The 26th edition of the Festival de Granada aims to provide a space for discovery and opinion exchanging.

Honoring Spain’s well-known poet Federico García Lorca, the festival will admire the winners with presenting Lorca Awards.

The 2020 edition of the event kicked off on October 21 and will be underway until October 24.

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