ISNA – Hedieh Tehrani won CineIran Festival Best Actress award for her performance in Iranian film “Orange Days” directed by Arash Lahouti.

“Orange Days” directed by Arash Lahouti received Best Screenplay award and its main actress Hedieh Tehrani won Best Actress award at the 4th CineIran Festival 2018 in Toronto.

The 4th edition of CineIran Festival was held November 16th-18th, 2018 in Toronto. At the closing ceremony, the Best Screenplay award went to Arash Lahouti and Jamileh Darolshafaie and the Best Actress award went to Hedieh Tehrani for Iran’s “Orange Days”.

'Orange Days' tells the story of Aban, the only female contractor in the cutthroat and male-dominated orange harvesting industry, who enters a competition to win a large contract. She wins the deal putting her own house at risk by using it as security.Now, she leads a group of female workers who work for her on a large harvest. Her efforts of staying strong in this patriarch society remain futile while anyone involved in her story including her husband tries to fail her.

he Iranian film has already taken part at several international film festivals, including 16th TOFIFEST International Film Festival in Poland, the 19th Calgary International Film Festival in Canada, 2018 Zurich Film Festival in Switzerland, 42nd São Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil, and the 43rd Toronto International Film Festival.

A number of Iranian superstars, including Hediyeh Tehrani, Ali Mosaffa and Mehran Ahmadi are among the cast members of the flick.