Ascene from Salem Salavatis film 'The Last Winter'[/caption]Several Iranian screen productions have picked up awards in various categories of the 2014 Beirut International Film Festival.
Iranian filmmaker Salem Salavatis Kurdish-language drama The Last Wintertook home both the best feature and best director award.
The 77-minute film is an allegory in which the depicted family represents those ones who are unable to change their resigned way of life.
The Last Winteris an expanded version of Salavatis previous short Snowy Dreams with the same picturesque winter scenery, calm, realistic life style and culture of Irans Kurdistan.
The film was screened at the 2013 Golden Apricot Yerevan Film Festival as well as at the Focus on Kurdish Film Section in the 2013 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in Czech Republic.
The movie garnered the Best Director Award at the 2014 Kazan International Muslim Film Festival.
The years Beirut festivals Best short film went to Irans Ali AsgarisMore Than Two Hours, while Karim RahbanisWith Thy Spirittook the jury prize for shorts.
Iranian actor Homayoun Ershadi along with other jurors including the Protagonist Pictures CEO Mike Goodrich, former Sundance Institute director Alesia Weston, andThe Attackscreenwriter Joelle Touma served at the festivals jury panel headed by the French actress and director Julie Gayet.
The 14th edition of Beirut International Film Festival took place from October 1 through 9, 2014.
By Press TV
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