Iranian movie wins Antalya Film Festival best film award

Ankara, Oct 6, IRNA – Iranian movie ‘3 Faces’ directed by Jafar Panahi won the best film award at the 55th Antalya Film Festival held in Antalya, Turkey. The awards ceremony was hosted by Antalya municipality on Friday and Panahi’s daughter received the award on behalf of her father. Eight international and two Turkish films competed in the event which was held from September 29 to October 5. Japanese renowned director Hirokazu Koreeda’s ‘Shoplifters’ won the best director award. The Antalya Film Festival, which was previously known as Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, is the most important film event in Turkey and is held annually by Antalya municipality since 1963. 9462**2044 Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish