Italian filmfest awards Iranian film ‘Yeva’

The 11th edition of the Rome Francophone Film Festival has awarded the Iranian-Armenian ‘Yeva’.

Directed by Anahid Abad, ‘Yeva’ garnered the audience award at the 2021 festival.

The movie narrates the story of a young woman who is forced to flee Yerevan with her daughter Nareh. She would have to stand trial there because she allegedly killed her husband.

Uncle Ruben and the remote village in Nagorno-Karabakh are her last chances to go into hiding. But the villagers recognize her from the days of war when she had cared for the wounded as a doctor at the front.

‘Yeva’ is a joint production between the National Cinema Center of Armenia and the Iranian Farabi Cinema Foundation in Tehran.

The cast list of the film includes Narine Grigoryan, Shant Hovhannisyan, Marjan Avetisyan.

Notable screenings, awards and mentions of ‘Yeva’ include the Montreal World Film Festival in Canada, the Mill Valley Film Festival in the US, the Asian World Film Festival in the US, Audience Award at the Pomegranate Film Festival in Canada, the Tbilisi Int'l Film Festival in Georgia, the Palm Springs Film Festival in the US, the Rafael Film Center in the US, and the Los Angeles Armenian Film Society in the US.

The Francophone Film Festival screened a collection of the best films from around the world.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the latest edition of the festival was held online on March 17-21, 2021.

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