19th International Resistance Film Festival holds closing ceremony

The 19th edition of the International Resistance Film Festival has held closing ceremony at Milad Tower Convention Center in Tehran on Thursday.

The Iranian feature film ‘Burning Plain’ directed by Majid Esmaeeli was the biggest winner at the gala, securing six awards.

Esmaeeli received the best director award, while the film's producer Kamran Majidi accepted the festival's top prize for best feature film in the national competition.

‘Burning Plain’ also received awards for best cinematography and best makeup, and shared the award for best screenplay with ‘The Gambler’.

Masoud Sekhavatdoust was recognized for his musical compositions for ‘Burning Plain’ and ‘Kouch’.

In the national feature film competition, Sara Hatami received best actress award for her performance in ‘The Bridge’, while best actor award went to Arman Darvish for his role in ‘The Successor’.

Kourosh Tahami received the award for best supporting actor for ‘The Gambler’, and best supporting actress award went to Zahra Moradi for ‘Kouch’.

Mohsen Bahari won best first-time director award for ‘The Gambler’, while the jury's special award was presented to producer Manouchehr Mohammadi for ‘Land of Angels’.

Mohammad Baradaran and Reza Torkaman won the visual effects and special effects awards for ‘The Successor’, and ‘Land of Angels’ received the awards for best editing and costume design.

Mehdi Motahhar won the Martyr Soleimani special award for ‘Kouch’, while Rouhollah Sohrabi took home the festival secretary's special award for ‘The Successor’.

In the documentary section, ‘Standing Beside the Thames’ made by Mostafa Mousavitabar and produced by Zohreh Najafzadeh received the award for best feature-length documentary.

Masoud Zareian won the award for best short documentary director for ‘Among the Fig Trees’, and Morteza Payesh-Shenas received the award for best documentary director for ‘A Small Waterway of Happiness’.

‘A 25-Year Wait’ by Motahhareh Edalatkhah took the best short documentary award, ‘I Am Jalal Al-e Ahmad’ by Ali Akbari was recognized for best research, while ‘The Golden Corridor’ brought the best technical achievement award for cinematography to Seyyed Hassan Seyyedi-Parishan and Vahid Kazemi.

In the short film section, the best film award went to ‘Bitoura’ produced by Mehdi Abazari, and ‘The Messenger’ brought Ehsan Abednia the best director award.

Hossein Jamshidi won the best screenplay award for ‘Captain Torres’, Seyyed Mohammad-Reza Sajjadian was honored for cinematography of ‘Salamoun’, while the jury’s special award was presented to ‘Under God's Eyes’ by Abolfazl Saee.

‘The Rescue Ship’ produced by Mohammad-Amin Hamdani and directed by Hadi Mohammadian won the awards for best feature-length animation and best director.

Rasoul Azargoun received the award for best short animation director for ‘Rocket City’, Elham Ebrahimi’s ‘The Battle of Kites’ won a special award, and Mahva Animation Studio and Mehdi Jafari-Jozani were recognized for their contribution to resistance-themed animation.

In the international section, Russian director Andrei Simonov's ‘Baby Boy’ received the best feature film award, and ‘Hind Under Siege’ by Jordanian filmmaker Naji Salameh won best short fiction award.

‘A State of Passion’ by Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi took the best feature-length documentary award, and the best short documentary award went to ‘Vibrations from Gaza’ by Rehab Nazzal.