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Iranian director and editor win awards at Chicago Film Festival with film about Molavi, great Iranian poet

  • Iranian director and editor win awards at Chicago Film Festival with film about Molavi, great Iranian poet

Parstoday- Young Iranians won Best Director and Best Editing at the Chicago International Film Festival

Ramin Hosseinpour, Iranian director, writer and producer of the short film “Sculpture”, won the Best Director Award at the Crown Point International Film Festival (CPIFF). “Ehsan Vaghti” also won the Best Editing Award for this film.

According to Parstoday, this festival, which has completed its 45th edition, will award a cash prize and a trophy (trophy, i.e. Zafar award) to the winner of the year in the annual screening, which will be held in three months, and the winning films will be screened on cinema screens for a week in the city of Chicago.

The Iranian short documentary film “Sculpture” tells the biography of the famous Iranian poet Jalal al-Din Muḥammad Rumi called Mowlana or Molavi (1207-1273 AD) and Shams Tabrizi, one of the famous Iranian mystics (1185-1247 AD).

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Iranian film ‘Sculpture’ wins two awards at Chicago festival

Iranian filmmaker Ramin Hosseinpour was awarded at the Crown Point International Film Festival (CPIFF) in Chicago, winning the award for Best Director of a Short Film for his documentary ‘Sculpture.’
Hosseinpour, who also wrote and produced the film, picked up the award at the 45th edition of the festival, which was held in September 2024. The film’s editor, Ehsan Vaseghi, also won the award for Best Editing, Mehr News Agency reported.
The CPIFF, which has been running for 45 years, will showcase the winning films on screens in Chicago for a week and present the winners with a cash prize and a trophy at its annual awards ceremony, to be held in three months.
‘Sculpture’ is a documentary short film based on the true story of the lives of Rumi and Shams. The film is currently competing to qualify for the Academy Awards in the United States and Canada, as well as the BAFTAs. It has also been ranked among the top 50 short films and documentaries on IMDb.
Hosseinpour, who combines cinema, architecture, and music in his work, has won several international awards in the past

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