Let’s get updated with latest on Iranian cinema

Let’s get updated with the latest events in Iranian art of cinema during the past week.

The Winter Film Awards International Film Festival in the US awarded Iranian short film ‘Musician’. Directed by Mohsen Mehri-Darouee, the Iranian 19-minute flick won the Best Student Film award at the 10th edition of the US event.

‘Musician’ tells the story of Mahmoud, a very short man up close to one meter tall, who wants to play a two-meter instrument like a contrabass, but he does not reach its height.

Written by the director and Mohammad-Reza Tafreshi and produced by Mohammad-Hassan Mortazavi, the cast list of the short film includes Parviz Bozorgi and Esmaeel Yousef-Pour.

Iranian short film ‘Ava’ received two awards from the 6th edition of the Imagine This Women’s Film Festival in New York, the US. Made by Sasan Karimi, the flick won the Best Short Film and Best Actor awards at the US event.

‘Ava’ narrates the story of a girl, Ava, who finds her father after a long period of time. The father has been suffering from some mental disorder. Like her father, Ava is an artist. She is in a challenge with some social taboos and afraid of having a destiny like her father’s.

The cast list of the short flick includes Hana Kamkar, Mahmoud Nazaralian, Sohabanou Zolqadr, Mahsa Eqbali, Aram Yousefinia, Farzaneh Neshatkhah, Mostafa Parvin, and Bijan Kamkar.

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‘Ava’ receives two awards from Imagine This Women’s fest

Winter Film Awards honors ‘Musician’

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