Azerbaijani filmmaker Feroz Shamilov’s Road was crowned as the best fiction movie in the international section of the 9th Ruyesh Short Film Festival, the organizers announced on Friday.
War in Safe Areas directed by Mohammad Alsaed from Lebanon won the award for best documentary.
Painting Sheet in the Media by Syrian director Lama Tayara and Twin” by Algerian filmmaker Ahmed al-Amin shared the award for best animation.
The winners in the national section of the festival were also announced at the closing ceremony of the event, which was held at Tehran’s Andisheh Hall.
At The Six O’clock directed by Roqiyeh Tavakoli won the award for best fiction film in this section and The Feast of Martyrdom by Iranian filmmaker Panahbarkhoda Rezaii received the best award for documentary.
All the Winters I Haven’t Seen directed by Omid Khoshnazar was honored with the best prize for animation.
The festival ran from February 24 to 27.
Tehrantimes/AzerTag