Produced by Mehdi Qaderi-Fard, the film won the accolade from the Competition Section of the festival.

Meraji’s directorial debut has previously won Best Directing Award and the Best Actor Award at the Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF).

‘The Son’ narrates the story of mankind’s loneliness and how one tries to get rid of it.

Soheil Qannadan, Nahid Haddadi, Donya Heidari, Mojtaba Fallahi and Atabak Naderi are among the cast members of the film.

The Belarusian festival aims to acquaint the Belarusian audience with the most interesting and significant works of national and foreign filmmakers whose creativity is based on universal human values.

Source: Iran Daily