Directed by Narges Abyar, the Iranian film ‘Breath’ has garnered one of the most important awards of the Children’s Film Festival Seattle (FFS) in the US.

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Narges Abyar received the Children and Youth Film Competition Special Jury Award for Best Director, and Sareh Nur-Musavi was awarded with the Best Young Actress Award for her role in “Breath”.

“Breath” is about four children whose mother had died a few years earlier and their father decides to join the Iranian volunteers on the warfront following Iraq’s attack in September 1980.

“Fanny’s Journey” by Lola Doillon (France) won the Grand Prix Golden Listapadzik for Best Film, and the Award for Best Adult Actor in Children’s Film went to Hector Garcia for “Hero Steps” by Henry Rincon (Colombia).

The 24th Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad” promoting “Truth, Love and Beauty” ran from November 3 to 10 and the winners were announced on November 7.

Abyar won the Golden Wolf for best director for “Breath” at the 20th Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn, Estonia in November 2016.

She also was picked as best director for the film at the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival in the Canadian city in March 2017.

Photo: Narges Abyar holds the two awards she won for her film “Breath” at the 24th Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad” in Belarus on November 7, 2017.

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“Women have a greater potential for making a film and competing at international events,” Qasemi told the Persian service of Tasnim.

A committee of nine cineastes selected as Iran’s submission to the 90th Academy Awards in the best foreign-language film category on Tuesday.

In her an interview with the Persian service of MNA on Wednesday, Abyar called the choice of her film as Iran’s submission to the Oscars a big event and added, “I suppose that women have been given more confidence.”

“Being a good film is not the sole criterion for winning an Oscar,” she said and added, “More measures such as arranging international screenings and having a contract with a reputable company for international distribution of the film are also requirements.”

Iranian Independents, a company marketing Iranian independent feature and documentary films, is the international distributor of “Breath”.

“I have complete confidence in the cinematic charter, aesthetics, theme and the high standards of ‘Breath’,” Mohammad Atebbai, the director of the company, wrote in a press release published on Wednesday.

However, he asked the Cinema Organization of Iran to help the company in the promotion of the film in the international arena.

Abyar has said that she made “Breath” in praise of peace. The film shows how wars crush children’s dreams and hopes for a bright future.

Abyar won the Golden Wolf for best director for “Breath” at the 20th Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn, Estonia in November 2016.

She also was picked as best director for the film at the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival in the Canadian city in March 2017.

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A committee of nine cineastes picked the film from a shortlist of 10 films, including “The Midday Event” by Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian, “Malaria” by Parviz Shahbazi and “Subdued” by Hamid Nematollah on Tuesday.

“Breath” is about four children whose mother had died a few years earlier and their father decides to join the Iranian volunteers on the warfront following Iraq’s attack in September 1980.

The film has been acclaimed in several Iranian and international events.

The 20th Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia awarded Abyar the Golden Wolf for best director. She also won the award for best director for the film at the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival.

Iranian cinema has so far won the Oscar for best foreign-language film two times. “The Salesman” and “A Separation”, both by Asghar Farhadi, who won the prestigious award in 2017 and 2012. Majid Majidi’s “Children of Heaven” also received a nomination at the Oscars in 1998.

The 90th Academy Awards ceremony will take place in Los Angeles, California on March 4, 2018.

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The film is about four children whose mother had died a few years earlier and their father decides to join the Iranian volunteers on the warfront following Iraq’s attack in September 1980.

The festival, which promotes the achievements of outstanding female talents and supports them, will be held from October 13 to 22.

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The films followed by director Hamid Nematollah’s movie “Subdued” with nine nominations are competing in several categories, including best film.

Shahab Hosseini, the winner of this year’s Palme d’Or for best actor at Cannes for his role in “The Salesman”, was nominated for the best actor award, while his co-star, Taraneh Alidusti received a nomination in the best actress category.

Farhadi will also contend for the best screenwriter award with Peyman Qasemkhani for his comedy film “Good, Bad, Garish”, Masumeh Bayat for “Subdued”, Mehran Kashani for “Daughter” and Soheil Beiraqi for “Me”.

Winners will be announced during a special ceremony in Tehran on September 12.

The Iranian House of Cinema organizes the celebration annually to observe Iran’s National Day of Cinema.

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