TEHRAN – The Iranian director Ali Asgari’s “More than Two Hours” was crowned best short film at the 11th Rengo International Film Festival, which was held in Chile from February 2 to 7.
The film tells the story of a boy and a girl wandering in Tehran at midnight in search of a hospital but things are much tougher than they thought.
In addition, the best director award went to Chilean filmmaker Tomas Arcos for his “Acuario” and French writer Aurelien Laplace received best screenwriter award for “First Step”.
The festival also awarded an honorable mention to Iranian filmmaker Babak Habibifar for “The Fish and I”, a short film about a blind man who tries to save the life of a fish.
“The Fish and I” has previously received an audience award at the 8th Short Story Film Festival in Providence, Rhode Island in the United States.
The 11th edition of the Rengo International Film Festival was organized in association with the Department of Culture of the Rengo Municipality.
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