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“Hush… Girls Don’t Scream” wins Diamond Award at IIFA

TEHRAN -- Iranian filmmaker Puran Derakhshandeh’s family drama “Hush… Girls Don’t Scream” has won the Diamond Award at the International Independent Film Awards.

 

The film is tells the story of a young girl named Shirin who is supposed to get married in a couple of hours, but she unexpectedly murders a man. The cause of the crime is rooted in her nightmarish childhood.

 

The film won the prize in the Narrative Feature section, Derakhshandeh’s publicist announced on Friday.

 

Diamond winning film is guaranteed a spot in the IIFA screening schedule in Los Angeles. The IIFA is annually held by some U.S. organizations working in film industry. 

 

 

Photographer Aziz Sa’ati’s Tehran series published in book

TEHRAN -- Photographer Aziz Sa’ati’s three series on Tehran have recently been published by Nazar Publications in a book entitled “Aziz Sa’ati Still in Tehran”.

 

The book, which contains photos of the series “With Ali Hatami in Tehran”, “With Bahram Beizaii in Tehran” and “With Masud Kimiaii in Tehran”, will be unveiled during a ceremony at the Arya Gallery on Sunday.

 

Sa’ati took the photos when he was collaborating in several film projects by Iranian directors Hatami, Beizaii and Kimiaii.

 

A selection of the photos is currently on display at the gallery located at 10 Zarrin Alley, off Vali-e Asr Ave.

 

 

Iranian film festival opens in Tunis

TEHRAN -- An Iranian film festival opened at the Ibn Rashiq House of Culture in Tunis on Thursday.

 

Director Maziar Miri’s family drama “Painting Pool” was screened during the opening ceremony and “The Maritime Silk Road” by Mohammad Bozorgnia, “Kissing the Moon-Like Face” by Homayun Asadian and “A Cradle for Mother” by Panahbarkhoda Rezaii will be shown until the day of the festival’s closing ceremony on Monday.

 

The festival is part of the Iranian Cultural Festival, which began on last Wednesday in Tunisia.

 

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