Iranian filmmaker Arash Lahoutis documentaryTrucker and the Foxhas been garnered at the 49th edition of Chicago International Film Festival.The film, as Irans only representative, was presented at the Competition section of the documentary category of the festival and received the Gold Hugo Award.
LahoutisTrucker and the Foxchronicles the life of a truck driver Mahmoud Kiani Falavarjani who is a documentarian as well and works on wildlife.
The sympathetic documentary captures Kiani Falavarjanis fascinating life as family man, eccentric animal lover, and artist.
He is an animal lover and an award-winning filmmaker who is best known for his shortThe Raven and the Fox.
Produced by Irans Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC), the film was presented at the competition of national Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) Corporation, as well as at the Krakow Film Festival (KFF) in Poland.
The documentary was also screened at the Visions du Rel International Film Festival held in Nyon, Switzerland in April.
Trucker and the Foxalso competed at the 2013 Lussas Doc Film Festival in France and Krakow Film Festival (KFF) in Poland.
The 2013 edition of Chicago International Film Festival was held from October 10 through 24.
By Press TV
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