TEHRAN -- Iranian filmmaker Behruz Nuranipur has been honored at the 1st Sulaymaniyah Film Festival in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
He received the award for best director for his “Crime and Silence”, on miseries of the war in Iraq.
The festival was held on the theme of genocide on April 20 and 21 in Sulaymaniyah, which is known as the cultural capital of the Kurdistan Region.
The documentary has been screened in several Iranian and international festivals.
It won the best documentary award at the 12th Kerman Resistance Film Festival, which was held in October 2012.
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