Iranian short film catches Golden Guepard at Tashkent festival

TEHRAN,Oct.7(MNA) -- The Iranian movie “Five Short Stories” directed by Seifollah Samadian has won the Golden Guepard for the best short film at the Second Tashkent International Film Festival. Samadian was not able to attend a closing ceremony held at the Turkiston Palace in Tashkent on Friday and Iran’s cultural attaché Hamid Mostafavi received the award. “Five Short Stories” is a five-episode film about the precarious lives animals lead among human beings. Four episodes were shot in Iran and the other one was filmed in Georgia in 2012. “Joanna” directed by Felix Falk from Poland won the best feature-length film award and “Dove sei, amor mio” by Veljko Popovic from Croatia was named the best animated film at the festival. The Iranian feature film “Daughter… Father… Daughter” by Panahbarkhoda Rezaii and the Iranian animation “The honorable and fertile life of the Red Pencil” by Alireza Chitaii also screened at the festival. The Iranian short film “Raw, Cooked, Burned” by Shahram Mokri won the Golden Guepard at the previous edition of the festival in 2011. Guepard refers to the world’s fastest running animal which has historical roots in Uzbek culture. The guepard used to be part of the coat of arms of the House of Rulers of Chach, an ancient name for Tashkent. The festival was held from September 30 to October 5 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.