Art news in brief

“The Story of a Rainy Night” crowned best at Colony filmfest

TEHRAN - “The Story of a Rainy Night” directed by Mehdi Fardgaderi has won the best short film award at the 9th Annual Colony Film Festival, which was held in Marietta, Ohio in the United States from March 20 to 21. 

 

Produced by the Iranian Young Cinema Society (IYCS), the film tells the story of an old man and some events that takes place on his birthday.

 

 

“Ranna Silence” named best film at German children’s festival

TEHRAN – Iranian director Behzad Rafiei’s “Ranna Silence” has been named best film at the 22nd Kikife International Children’s Film Festival, which was held in Schwabisch Gmund, Germany from March 19 to 22. 

 

A production of Iran’s Art Bureau, the film set in a northern Iranian village details the story of a seven-year-old girl and a very special chicken named Kakoli, which is a symbolic memory of her grandmother. 

 

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