TEHRAN (FNA) - "Yeva” an Iranian feature film directed Anahid Abad claimed the Best Film award at the 14th Rolan International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Armenia.
"Yeva” managed to snatch the Best Film award at the 14th Rolan - International Film Festival for Children and Youth, held on 6-10 November 2018 in Yerevan, Armenia.
Written and directed by Iranian-Armenian Anahid Abad, ‘Yeva’ is the story of a young woman who is forced to flee Yerevan with her daughter Nareh. She would have to stand trial there because she allegedly killed her husband. Uncle Ruben and the remote village in Nagorno-Karabakh are her last chance to go into hiding. But the villagers recognize her from the days of war when she had cared for the wounded as a doctor at the front.
"Yeva” has recently received three nominations (best feature, best script and best director award) at the 21st Arpa International Film Festival (AIFF) in the United States. The festival will announce winners after it wraps up on November 21.
Iranian cinema has made great progress in the years after the victory of the Islamic Revolution of 1979, to that extent that many Iranian films bring home numerous international awards every year and Iranian directors and their films are well known in all cultural venues across the globe.