2 Iran docs sweep most awards, nods at Cinema Verite festival

 ‘Finding Farideh’ and ‘Women with Gunpowder Earrings’ helmed by Iranian directors lead winners of awards and mentions at the closing ceremony of Cinema Verite fest in Iran.

The two docs which earlier received top nods in the national competition section of the event were awarded at the Sunday closing of Iran’s major international documentary festival.

Co-directed by Azadeh Mousavi and Kourosh Atai, ‘Finding Farideh’ was honored with the Art and Experience trophy and an honorable mention assigned to the doc.

‘Farideh’ also gained the best film editing as well as the best film score awards in the national section of the event.

The film is about a Netherland-based Iranian woman who was adopted by a Dutch couple forty years ago, and returns to Iran to search for her family.

‘Women with Gunpowder Earrings’ also scooped Best Full Length Documentary award in the intentional section besides other awards and honorable mentions.

“Women with Gunpowder Earrings” directed by Reza Farahmand is about Nur, a female journalist who covers stories about Syrian and Iraqi women and children in the war against the Daesh terrorists.

The Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC) organized the 11th edition of Cinema Verite in Tehran.

The DEFC is the largest center for production, distribution and promotion of documentary, animated and experimental pictures in the Middle East.

Iran's Cinema Verite aims, among other objectives, to promote creative documentary and reinforce the link between documentary cinema and social facts and events.

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