French Riviera Motorcycle fest awards Iranian doc ‘SFUMATO’

The fourth edition of the French Riviera Motorcycle Film Festival (FRMFF) has bestowed the Best Short Film award to Iranian ‘SFUMATO’.

The documentary, directed by Amirali Mirderikvand, ‘SFUMATO’ narrates the story of a family that live in a village. The children of the family are of great support and try to cover every need of the family. But they run into troubles and face some obstacles.

‘SFUMATO’ has also been written and produced by Mirderikvand, edited by Hassan Rahimi, sound edited by Majid Nejati, and translated by Hassan Nekoufar.

The documentary has previously participated in the Vintage International Film Festival in India, where it grabbed the jury’s special award.

It has also taken part in the Annual Chatham-Kent International Film Festival in Canada, the Archaeology Channel International Film Festival in the US, the Corti a Ponte international short film festival in Italy, and the Taos Shortz Film Festival in the US.

According to the official website of the FRMFF, “‘SFUMATO’ is a sensitive, intelligent and very moving film”.

The latest edition of the festival was held on February 18-20.

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