Asian filmfest Barcelona awards ‘Diapason’

Iranian flick ‘Diapason’ has won an award at the Asian Film Festival Barcelona in Spain.

The film written by Hossein Tehrani has grabbed the award for best script at the Discoveries section of the 2020 edition of the event.

‘Diapason’ has so far won awards at various international film festivals, including Avanca International Film Festival in Portugal.

The 93-minute flick has also won a nomination at the main competition section of the Busan International Film Festival.

The flick is about a 50-year-old single working mom named Ra’ana who is living happily with her daughter Hoda until Hoda meets a sudden death in an accident.

‘Diapason’ is a social drama with the starring lead role of ‘Breath’ star Zhale Sameti.

Also included in the cast list of the film are Behnoush Bakhtiyari, Alireza Ostadi, Mehdi Hosseininia, Masoumeh Rahmani, Babak Nouri, Shadi Ganji, Mahsa Akbari, Sara Sarabi and Yekta Tabibi.

Specializing in Asian films, Asian Film Festival Barcelona is the gateway to Asian cinema in Spain. Asian Film Festival Barcelona aims to bring the high quality narrative art of the Asian continent to the Spanish public, making it a place of gathering and dialogue of multiple cultures.

As a specialist in Asian cinema festival, it aims to become one of the best events in this field of the world in Europe and the meeting point of other festivals that have a clear Asian mark.

This year's edition of the event was held on October 28 – November 8, 2020 in Barcelona.

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