.jpg "Parviz Parastuii acts in a scene from “Today”. He won the best actor award at the 20th Rabat Auteur Film Festival in Morocco on November 1, 2014 for his role in the film.")
TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Reza Mirkarimi’s social drama “Today” won the best film award at the 20th Rabat Auteur Film Festival, the Persian service of ISNA reported on Saturday.
The film also received the audience award and brought its star Parviz Parastuii the best actor award during the closing ceremony of the festival, which was held in the Moroccan capital on Saturday.
“Today” is about a Tehran taxi driver, who becomes the impromptu protector of a desperate young pregnant woman after he rushes her to hospital.
The film is Iran’s submission for the best foreign language film category at the 88th Academy Awards in 2015.
Dreamlab Films, a French film studio, is the international distributor of the film.
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