Dubai, Dec 14, IRNA – Iranian director Shahram Mokri’s cinematic production Fish and Cat has picked up the best film award of the International Dubai Film Festival, winning 30,000-dollar prize.
In the annual festival, 174 films from 57 countries, more than 100 of which from the Arab countries, were competing.

The 10th Dubai Film Festival was held in the UAE from December 6-14.

At the 2013 Venice International Film Festival (August 28 to September 7), Mokri’s film won the Special Orizzonti Award for Innovative Content.

Fish and Cat competed at the new trend in filmmaking section of the 70th edition of Italian festival dubbed ‘Horizons strand (Orizzonti)’.

The film was screened with other 17 selected movies.

Produced by club Iran Novin, the movie is categorized as a social-action film that follows Iranian patterns.

The 127-minute movie depicts the story of a group of university students who face different problems during their trip to the north of Iran.

Mokri is one of the most successful Iranian directors whose films have been screened in numerous national and international festivals.

His Limit of Circle received the Bronze Ebensee Bear of Austria?s 36th Festival of Nations.

His short film Burned, Cooked, Raw was also awarded the Best Short Film prize at the 2011 Tashkent International Film Forum.

Ashkan, The Charmed Ring and Other Stories, Dragonfly Storm and Andosi are among Mokri?s well-known films.

The Venice International Film Festival celebrated its 70th anniversary during a ceremony titled “Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded.”

By IRNA

 

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