Farhadi chose the winners of the French festival
The 15th International Festival of European Independent Films “Les Arcs” ended its work in France with the presence of Asghar Farhadi.
Charso Press: According to Screen, the 15th “Les Arcs” film festival was held from December 16 to 23 (December 25 to December 2) in the region of Bourg-Saint-Maurice in the Alps, and Iranian cinematographer Asghar Farhadi was the head of the jury of this event. There was a cinema and finally the film “Aram” by Maria Kotaradze, a joint production of Lithuania, Spain and Sweden, won the best film award.
The grand prize of the jury of this film event also went to the film “Teacher’s Room” by Ilker Katak, which represents Iranian cinema at the Oscars and was able to enter the short list of 15 films in the category of the best international film.
In other parts of this movie event; The Universine Award went to the film “Green Border” directed by Agnieszka Holland from Poland, and the film “Explanation for Everything” directed by Gabor Reiss also won the European Cinema Award, and the film “The Substitute” from the perspective of Lagrand received the best film award from the eyes of the audience. took over the festival.
The aim of the Les Arcs film festival is to promote European cinema by showing European independent films that are rarely exported outside their borders, and also to try to create a European film market by holding professional meetings with the main actors of the industry. The European film has been announced.
Before this, Asghar Farhadi has a record of being the president or member of the jury of important festivals such as Berlin, Cannes and Zurich.