The film festival of six Caspian Sea littoral states, titled 'Varesh International Film Festival' opened on Monday in the northern Iranian city of Babol and wrapped up on May 3.

Republic of Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Iran were the international competitors of the film festival.

During the award ceremony, attended by several Iranian and foreign officials, dignitaries, filmmakers and guests, the full lineup of winners in various competition categories were announced. 

Best Research

Festival Trophy, Diploma of Honor and Cash Prize (4mn tomans) for Best Research:  Armin Isarian for Mysteries of the Lake 

Best Script of Fiction Film

Festival Trophy, Diploma of Honor and Cash Prize (4mn tomans) for the Best Script of Fiction Film: Reza Jamali for Sara’s Voice

Best Directing of Animation Film

Festival Trophy, Diploma of Honor and Cash Prize (5mn tomans) to the Best Directing of Animation Film: Malihe Gholamzade for Tangle

Best Directing of Documentary Film

Festival Trophy, Diploma of Honor and Cash Prize (5mn tomans) to the Best Directing of Documentary Film: Elham Maroufi for 330cc of Memories

Best Directing of Fiction Film

Festival Trophy, Diploma of Honor and Cash Prize (5mn tomans) to the Best Directing of Fiction Film: Fatemeh Tousi for The American Bull

Best Film:

Festival Trophy, Diploma of Honor and Cash Prize (5mn tomans) to the Best Film: Armin Isarian for Mysteries of the Lake

Jury Members Special Award:

Jury Members Special Award and Cash Prize (3mn tomans):  Burnt Water by Morteza Motouri

Jury Members Special Award and Cash Prize (3mn tomans): Hamja by Mehdi Qanavati

Jury Members Special Award and Cash Prize (3mn tomans): Willed by Ashkan Khalilnejad 

Animation Section: 

The jury members did not consider any film worthy of the prize.

Fiction Section:

The jury members did not consider any film worthy of the prize.

Documentary Section:

Tarneh-va Trophy and Cash Prize (3mn tomans): Mohammad Asgarkhahn for directing Uncle Asadollah (Khalo Assadollah)

Jury Members Special Award

Jury Members Special Award and Cash Prize (3mn tomans): Ali Ahmadi Zarrinkolai for directing Beyond High Cliffs 

Jury Members Special Award and Cash Prize (3mn tomans): 'Vars' by Javad Vatani

Fiction:

Best film: The Crying of Tanbur by Anisa Sabiri (Russia)

Jury members’ special appreciation for best cinematography: Faith by Tatiana Fedorovskaya (Russia)

Animation:

Best film: The Theory of Sunset by Roman Sokolov (Russia)

Jury members’ special appreciation: The Myth of Haftvad Worm by Asghar Safar (Iran)

Documentary:

Best film: 13 kilometers by Vitaly Chernov (Kazakhstan) and How Big Is the Galaxy by Ksenia Elyan (Russia)

Jury members’ special appreciation for best character: The Weaver by Mohammad Ayreek (Afghanistan)

Jury members’ special award for best film: Takleef – The Day of Duty by Ali Farahani (Iran)

Festival Best Film Award, UNESCO diploma and Cash Prize (4 Million Toman): Yaser Talebi for directing Last Breath

Festival Best Award for Directing a Documentary Film, UNESCO Diploma and Cash Prize (3 Million Toman): Reza Majlesi for directing Where Do We Go?

Festival Secretary’s Special Award and Cash Prize (3 Million Toman): Shahrooz Tavakol for directing Navajesh

Festival Secretary’s Special Award and Cash Prize (3 Million Toman): Hadi Ahmadi for directing Dada Saltaneh

Trophy for Best Film: Mysteries of the Lake by Armin Isarian, Willed by Ashkan Khalilnejad

Trophy for Best Film: The American Bull by Fatemeh Tousi

Trophy for Best Film: Sons of Sinbad by Reza Haeri

Trophy for Best Film: Lotus by Mohammadreza Vatandoust

Source: Mehr News