TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) � Iranian puppeteer and director Marzieh Boroumand has won the Golden Sirens award of Italy�s Puppet Theater Festival �Arrivano dal mare.�


Renowned Iranian woman director and puppeteer Marzieh Boroumand has been honored with the Sirene d'Oro (Golden Sirens) award of the 2015 Italy�s Puppet Theater Festival �Arrivano dal mare.�

The Sirene d'Oro (Golden Sirens)�is awarded every year to those artists or festivals most active in developing and promoting puppet theater in the world.

In this year�s edition of the festival, the award has been given to Tehran-Mobarak Puppet Theater Festival, and Marzieh Boroumand will receive the award as the representative of Iran�s Department of Performing Arts.

The festival takes place at the�Gambettola municipality�in the Province of Forl�-Cesena,�90 kilometres southeast of the Italian city of Bologna�from 15-20 September, 2015. So far the festival has honored 98 artists with Sirene d'Oro including Tom Stoppard, Emanuele Luzzati, Dario Fo, and Mimmo Cuticchio.

By Mehr News Agency