‘The Lonely Road’ wins best documentary at Jahorina festival

Iranian documentary feature ‘The Lonely Road’ has brought home a top prize from the Jahorina Film Festival in Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Iranian filmmaker Mohammadreza Hafezi’s submission was selected as the best documentary at the 11th edition of the Bosnia and Herzegovina festival.

‘The Lonely Road’ details the story of Aziz Mohammadi, a nomadic teacher who tries to help people and students living in the mountains of the Lorestan region in western Iran.

In December 2016, the documentary won the award for best mid-length documentary at the 10th Cinema Verite, Iran’s major international festival for documentary cinema.

The 11th edition of the Jahorina Film Festival focuses on documentary films on tourism and ecology. This year’s event was held from September 20 to 24.

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