TEHRAN, April 29 - Iranian movies received several awards in International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) – ‘No. 17, Soheila’ by Mahmoud Ghaffari received the Golden Prize for the Best Film ‘Starless Dreams’ by Mehrdad Oskouei won the Best Documentary Prize.
‘No. 17, Soheila’ competed with 6 other movies from Lebanon, France, Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt for the prize.
Israfil by Aida Panahandeh received the Best Long Film Award.
‘Gaze’ by Farmoush Samadi grabbed the Best Short Film Prize.
The festival was held in Switzerland on April 21-29 in Geneva.