Audience Award Goes to ‘Aparat’ in Italy

Date: 21 December 2021 - 21:42

News ID: ۹۸۰۲۷

TEHRAN (IFILM) --
Iranian short film ‘Aparat’ has grabbed an award at the Sedicicorto International Film Festival in Italy.
Directed by Hassan Najmabadi the film won the Audience Award at the 2021 edition of the event.
Also written and produced by Najmabadi, the short film is about six teenage boys in a remote village who decide to work in the corrals in order to raise the money they need to rent an 8-mm movie projector from a tour guide.
The cast list of the flick includes Mehdi Qolizadeh, Ebrahim Najmabadi, Emad Mohebbi, Abolfazl Najmabadi, Amir Najmabadi, Amir-Mohammad Najmabadi, Mohammad-Reza Najmabadi, Zari Najmabadi, and Mehdi Rezaee.
‘Aparat’ has previously participated in the Batumi International Art-House Film Festival in Georgia, the International Children’s Film Festival – Cinekid ScreeningClub in the Netherlands, and the Gold Coast Film Festival in the U.S.
According to the official website of the Sedicicorto, “IranFest - the Persian soul of Sedicicorto IFF - is back for its fourth edition, took place LIVE in Forlì at the Sala San Luigi, on the evenings of 15, 16, and 17 December”.