TEHRAN -- Mahtab Keramati has won the best actress award at the 8th Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (BIAFF) for her role in “The Fourth Child”, Iranian director Vahid Musaian’s movie on the famine and war in Somalia.
The film was screened in the international competition section of the festival, which was held from September 15 to 22 in Georgia.
“The Fourth Child” is about an Iranian nurse who leaves her country to help people in the famine and war-torn country. However, she begins a career in photography to raise awareness about the human disaster.
Mehdi Hashemi and Hamed Behdad are the other main members of the cast.
The film, which has been produced by the Farabi Cinema Foundation, is currently on screen at the Iranian theaters.
BIAFF aims to enhance cultural exchange, understanding and collaboration through the screening of new art house and non-commercial films from Georgia and abroad.
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