MNA As the 31st edition of Iran's International Film Festival for Children and Youth wrapped up on Sep. 5 in Isfahan, winners were awarded in various categories during a ceremony held last night in the historical city.
As reported by the festivals news headquarters, the list of nominees and winners is as follows:
Best Film for Children:
White Forehead 2, produced by Javad Hashemi
Pastarioni, produced by Bita Mansouri
Stammer, produced by Mahmoud Fotouhi Shahabad
The Golden Butterfly was granted to Pastarioni.
Best Film for Youth:
Orduckly, produced by Ali Hazrati
Chubby Boy, produced by Hossein Qanaat
Knockout produced by Gholamreza Ramezani (a joint production of the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, and Farabi Cinema Foundation)
The Golden Butterfly was given to Knockout.
Best Screenplay:
Pastarioni, written by Hamzeh Salehi
Chubby Boy, written by Hossein Qanaat
Knockout, written by Gholamreza Ramezani and Mitra Teimourian
Stammer, written by Maral Sajadi
The Golden Butterfly for Best Screenplay was granted to Mitra Teimourian and Gholamreza Ramezani for Knockout.
Best Director:
Chubby Boy, directed by Hossein Qanaat
Pastarioni, directed by Soheil Movafagh
Third Person Singular, directed by Vahid Nikkhah Azad
Knockout, directed by Gholamreza Ramezani
Stammer, directed by Mohammadreza Haji Gholami
The Golden Butterfly for Best Director was granted to Stammer, directed by Gholamreza Haji Gholami
Best Animated Short (granted to the director):
Porter, directed by Darioush Oskoei
Run Rostam Run, directed by Hossein Molayemi
The Fearful Night of Lomo, directed by Sara Shafieipour
Wolf and the Herd, directed by Amir Houshang Moein
Once Upon a Time, directed by Mahin Javaherian
The Golden Butterfly for Best Animated Short was granted to Porter.
Best Short Film (granted to the director):
Jome Gol, directed by Mohammadreza Haji Gholami
Pale White, directed by Gholamreza Jafari
Marlon, directed by Dornaz Hajiha
Like a Good Kid, directed by Arian Vazir Daftari
The Golden Butterfly for Best Short Film was granted to Marlon.
Best Children and Youth Actor:
Mohammad Shakeri for Pastarioni
Samiar Mohammadi for Chubby Boy
Sajad Ismaeili for Stammer
Ali Malekian for Knockout
The Golden Butterfly for Best Actor was shared by Sajad Ismaeili and Samiar Mohammadi.
Morteza Hosseini was specially thanked by the jury for his performance in Third Person Singular.
The Special Jury Prize was given to the feature-length animated movie The Last Fiction, directed by Ashkan Rahgozar that entered the competition section.
The Special Jury Prize was granted to Mahmmadreza Haji Gholami, director of the feature film Stammer.
The jurys Golden Butterfly for the Best Film for Children was granted to Pastarioni, produced by Bita Mansouri.
The jurys Best Film for Youth was granted to Knockout, produced by Gholamreza Ramezani.
The Special Golden Butterfly of Zaven Ghokasian was granted to Knockout, directed and produced by Gholamreza Ramezani, the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, collaborated by Farabi Cinema Foundation.
The Golden Statue of Martyr Behnam Mohammadi was given to the short film Jome Gol, directed by Mohammadreza Haji Gholami.
In the International Competition:
The Golden Butterfly for Best Film went to Home, directed and produced by Jong-woo Kim, from South Korea.
The Golden Butterfly for Best Director went to Mohamadreza Haji Gholami from Iran, for Stammer.
The Golden Butterfly for Best Script went to Damien Manivel and Kohei Igarashi from France and Japan, for The Night I Swam.
The Golden Butterfly for the Special Jury Prize went to Kamila Andini from Indonesia, for The Seen and Unseen.
The Golden Butterfly for Best Short Film went to Just Go! from Latvia, directed by Pavels Gumennikovs.
The Golden Butterfly for Best Film went to Mission Kathmandu from Canada, co-directed by Nancy Florence Savard and Pierre Greco, produced by Nancy Florence Savard.
The Golden Butterfly for Best Director went to Ashkan Rahgozar from Iran, for The Last Fiction.
The Golden Butterfly for Screenplay went to Ashkan Rahgozar from Iran, for The Last Fiction.
The Golden Butterfly for Best Short Film went to Run Rostam Run, directed by Hossein Molayemi from Iran.
The Golden Butterfly of the Youth Jury for Best Film went to Alone from France, directed by David Moreau, produced by Abel Nahmias.
