TEHRAN -- The Iranian drama “Taboor” shared the special jury prize of the International Film Festival of Marrakech (FIFM) with the Danish film “A Hijacking”.
Directed by Vahid Vakilifar, “Taboor” shared the prize with the pirate story “A Hijacking” by Tobias Lindholm during the closing ceremony of the festival on Saturday.
“Taboor” is about a man who seeks to protect his hypersensitive body from a daily rise in temperature caused by pervasive electromagnetic waves.
The French company DreamLab Films is the distributor of this film.
“A Hijacking”, the first solo directing effort of Lindholm, is about a cargo ship, which is heading for harbor when it is hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean.
Among the men on board are the ship’s cook Mikkel and the engineer Jan, who along with the rest of the seamen are taken hostage in a cynical game of life and death.
“Taboor” received the First Special Mention at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Athens, Greece in November 2012 while “A Hijacking” was picked as the best film at the festival.
Since its inaugural year in 2001, the FIFM has been one of the biggest events devoted to Moroccan cinema. It is also the principal site for photography of many international productions.
The festival’s jury gathers international writers, actors and personalities, and endeavors to reward the best Moroccan and foreign feature and short films.
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