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Publish Date : 10 October 2026 - 02:03
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Children’s Film Festival Crowns ‘Shootinga’ Best Children’s Film

TEHRAN -- Shootinga emerged as one of the leading winners at the 38th International Film Festival for Children and Youth, taking the directing award for Arash Moayerian and the best children’s film prize at the festival’s closing ceremony on Thursday.
Held at the Isfahan International Conference Center, the ceremony marked the conclusion of the annual Iranian festival, which celebrates filmmaking for younger audiences across live-action cinema, animation and television. 
Seyed Abbas Salehi, Iran’s minister of culture and Islamic guidance, attended alongside Raed Faridzadeh, head of the Cinema Organization of Iran, festival director Hamed Jafari and other cultural officials.
Produced by Amir Rahimzadeh, Shootinga received the Golden Butterfly for best directing for Moayerian, as well as the award for best children’s film. The film also secured recognition in technical categories: Hassan Ayoubi received an honorary diploma for editing, while Amir Vali-Khani and Reza Mahmoudian won the Golden Butterfly for visual effects.
The awards underscored the film’s broad success across the festival’s principal competition categories. A musical fantasy produced by the Farabi Cinema Foundation, Shootinga features Ali Foroutan, Muhammad Moslemi, Hamid Goli, Maryam Khodarahmi, Soroush Jamshidi and Shohreh Soltani, alongside younger performers Delvin Nik-Rezaei and Atra Tavousian.
Elsewhere, Aroos-e Cheshmeh (Bride of the Spring) received the award for best youth film, with Fereydoun Najafi recognized as producer. Danial Jafari won the Golden Butterfly for best youth actor for his performance in the film.
Kooch (Migration) also featured among the winners. Amirreza Muhammadi Soleimani received the award for best child actor for his performance in the film, while director Muhammad Esfandyari received the Shaheed Behnam Muhammadi Peace Award for Kooch. Davoud Rahmani was recognized for cinematography on the production.
In animation, Emad Rahmani and Mehrdad Mehrabi received the Golden Butterfly for Negahbanan-e Khorshid (Guardians of the Sun), adding another major title to the festival’s list of award-winning productions.
The special Minab awards recognized

 
 filmmakers working in both children’s and youth cinema. Seyed Javad Hashemi received the children’s category award for directing Yeki Miad Donbaleham, with Muhammadreza Mansouri recognized as producer. 
In the youth category, Verkana received the special award, presented to director Seyed Meysam Sajjadi and producer Seyed Muhammad Ali Davoudi.
The festival also acknowledged television and animation productions in its Mirror of Children’s and Youth Cinema section. 
The television series Karagahan-e Koochak and Hotel-e Besyar Besyar Ajeeb, produced by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting’s Children and Youth Center, were recognized for their production quality and audience reception.
The animation Yooz, produced by Soureh Cinema Organization, received recognition for its media impact and audience engagement.
No screenplay was nominated for the best screenplay award, according to the published results. The award for best film selected by the children’s and youth jury was attributed to Amu-ye Bacheha (Uncle’s Kids).

 

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