TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) � Aida Panahandeh�s �Nahid� as Iran�s only representative at the 68th Cannes International Film Festival was awarded the Un Certain Regard special jury prize for debut films.The Un Certain Regard sidebar of the 68th�Cannes Film Festival announced its winners on Saturday, with the jury awarding the top prize to Iceland's�Rams�(Hrutar)�by�Gr�mur H�konarson.

The film centers on two aging and unmarried brothers who haven�t spoken in 40 years who come together in a remote Icelandic valley in order to save their rams.

The Un Certain Regard special jury prizes for debut films (Prix de l�avenir) went to�Nahid�by Aida Panahandeh�and�Masaan�by�Neeraj Ghaywan.

A production of Iran�s Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC), Nahid�is a chronicle of one Iranian woman�s efforts to maintain both her freedom and the custody of her child, and stars A Separation actress Sareh Bayat.

Isabella Rossellini�served as jury president for the Un Certain Regard sidebar this year, with other jury members including French actor�Tahar Rahim, Saudi Arabian director�Haifaa Al-Mansour, Lebanese director and actress�Nadine Labaki.

The�68th annual�Cannes Film Festival�was launched on May 13 and ran through 24 May 2015. Joel�and�Ethan Coen�were the Presidents of the Jury for the main competition.

By Mehr News Agency