TEHRAN - Shahram Mokri’s Black Rabbit, White Rabbit has won the Sungu Çapan International Cinema Writers Award at the 63rd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, where 11 feature-length and short films by Iranian filmmakers were screened.
The Tajikistan-United Arab Emirates co-production received the award, presented by Turkey’s film critics and writers, in the festival’s international program. Directed by Mokri, the 2025 film made its Turkish premiere in Antalya. 
Other Iranian films featured in the festival included Ali Asgari’s A Bit of Light, Karim Lakzadeh’s Living Twice Dying Thrice, Babak Khajehpasha’s The Land of Angels and Amirali Navaee’s Sunshine Express. 
The lineup also included Reza Memari’s animated feature The Last Whale Singer, a Germany-Czech Republic-Canada co-production, and Yazdan Tabrizi’s No Sight No Sound. 
The short-film selection featured Vahid Mazraeh’s Out of Tune, Ali Andarz’s Hanieh, Amir Rezaei’s Drunk Steps and Melika Habibi’s Lotus. 
The festival, held in Antalya, Turkey, ran from October 24 to 31, bringing together international and Turkish productions across its competition and special screening programs.