TEHRAN -- The Iranian movie “Taboor” has won the Critic’s Prize at the 15th Deauville Asian Film Festival in France.
Directed by Vahid Vakilifar, the film was awarded the Lotus Air France (Prix de la Critique Internationale) at the festival, which was held from March 6 to 10.
“Taboor” is about a man who seeks to protect his hypersensitive body from a daily rise in temperature caused by pervasive electromagnetic waves.
The movie received the First Special Mention at the 53rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Athens, Greece in November 2012.
The French company DreamLab Films is the distributor of this film.
“ID” by Kamal KM from India won the best film prize at the festival. “Four Stations” by Boonsong Nakphoo from Thailand and “Mai Ratima” by Yoo Ji-tae from South Korea shared the Jury Prize of the event.
The Deauville Asian Film Festival (the Festival du film asiatique de Deauville) takes place annually in Deauville, France since 1999 and focuses on Asian cinema. A film competition was added to the festival in 2000 and a video competition in 2002.
SB/YAW
END