Iran short wins top prize at Los Angeles fest

Iran short ‘Limit’, has won the award for best foreign short film at the 3rd Tryon International Film Festival in the US.

Directed and written by Javad Daraei, the 8-minute film which is his second flick, chronicles the story of a man in a quiet neighborhood, who asks the people around to help him, when all of a sudden, somebody goes into his home...

Javad Daraei adopts a spiritual viewpoint in his movies, this time utilizing a narrative that aims at challenging the status quo regarding the rights of the disabled. His film, ‘Limit’, depicts the trials and tribulations of handicapped people in their daily lives; issues that irk them given all the snap judgment around.

His first film ‘I don’t like her’, produced in 2016, won several festivals, including the 32nd Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival and also the MoonDance International Festival, as well as the Hollywood Hills Awards in the US for ‘Best Short’ as the latest one in the row just a couple of weeks ago. It also got two nominations from the latter.

Among works that won titles in the Tryon festival were ‘Three Days In August’ by Johnathan Brownlee (Best Feature) and ‘Bound’ by Daljit Kalsi (Tryon’s Overall).

The third edition of Tryon International Film Festival ran October 27 through October 29 at six venues across Tryon, North Carolina, US.

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