TEHRAN -- The Transparent Film Festival in the U.S. has awarded Iranian actor Alireza Mehran for his role in ‘Starvation’.
He received the best actor award for portraying a father who is unable to cope with life’s problems and takes it out on his family in the Iranian short flick.
“All my pains come from one more chromosome…,” a synopsis for the film reads.
Directed by Meysam Muhammad-Khani, the other stars of the flick are Nasim Adabi, Shiva Veysi, and Muhammad Mousavi.
The winners of the Transparent Film Festival, which is among the top 100 best-reviewed festivals, were announced last week as ‘Flash/Crash’ by Dutch director Angelo Perez Lebbink won the award for best foreign film.
The award for best short film was given to ‘Chinese Laundry’ by Giorgio Arcelli from Italy.
The American movie ‘Stranger in the Woods’ by Adam Newacheck won the best feature film award. Its writer Holly Kenney, who also stars in the movie, was selected as best actress.
Sabine Crossen from France was named best director for her film ‘Welcome to Candy’s’.
‘Starvation’ has already gone on screen at a number of global events, including the Other Movie Lugano Film Festival in Switzerland and the Lifft India Filmotsav-World Cine Fest, where it brought Alireza Mehran the Best Actor award and Muhammad Mousavi the Best Supporting Actor award.