Short Focus awards Iran’s ‘World Cup’

Iranian short ‘World Cup’ has been awarded at the Short Focus Film Festival in the UK.

The Iranian Youth Cinema Society reported that ‘World Cup’ won the Best director award at the fifth edition of Short Focus Film Festival.

“On the night of a couple's migration, the child of their friend, who has been entrusted to them, gets lost, and then a secret is revealed,” a synopsis for the film reads.

‘World Cup’ is written and directed by Maryam Khodabakhsh.

The short film bagged four awards at the Silent River Film Festival in the US, including the Best Narrative Short, the River Rock Award for the Best Actor, the River Pearl Award for the Best Female Actor, and the River Rock Award for the Best Child Actor.

The annual Short Focus Film Festival is “one of the most exciting and diverse festivals to emerge in the UK”, according to an online submission platform.

The festival is “dedicated to popularizing the medium of short film, with particular focus on supporting independent filmmakers from around the world”.

The fifth edition of the event took place in late September.

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