The Dark Room Archives - Iran News Daily https://irannewsdaily.com/tag/the-dark-room/ Sat, 15 Dec 2018 11:11:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 https://irannewsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-iranlogo-32x32.png The Dark Room Archives - Iran News Daily https://irannewsdaily.com/tag/the-dark-room/ 32 32 ‘The Dark Room’ wins at India’s IFFK filmfest. https://irannewsdaily.com/2018/12/the-dark-room-wins-at-indias-iffk-filmfest/ https://irannewsdaily.com/2018/12/the-dark-room-wins-at-indias-iffk-filmfest/#respond Sat, 15 Dec 2018 11:05:28 +0000 https://irannewsdaily.com/?p=44928  Iranian feature movie ‘The Dark Room’, directed by Rouhollah Hejazi, has won the best film’s title in the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK). The festival wrapped up on Thursday with the ‘Suvarna Chakoram’ award (the Golden Crow Pheasant) for the best film going to the Iranian feature movie ‘The Dark Room’. ‘The Dark […]

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 Iranian feature movie ‘The Dark Room’, directed by Rouhollah Hejazi, has won the best film’s title in the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK).

The festival wrapped up on Thursday with the ‘Suvarna Chakoram’ award (the Golden Crow Pheasant) for the best film going to the Iranian feature movie ‘The Dark Room’.

‘The Dark Room’ tells the story of Farhad and Haleh who have begun their new season, and this is the beginning of some other changes that will put them into new circumstances.

Haleh and Farhad, together with their 5-year-old son, Amir, have been recently resided in a new complex. Amir is lost in the desert, near the residential complex, however, his parents find him soon. Later, Amir tells his father that someone has seen his body and this makes Farhad very upset and he’s looking for a suspect who has sexually harassed his little boy.

Earlier in October, the movie went on screen in the Hanoi International Film Festival in Vietnam.

The International Film Festival of Kerala is a film festival held annually in the capital city of Kerala, India. This festival, which started in 1996, is held in November or December every year and is acknowledged as one of the leading cultural events in India.

This year’s event was held from Dec. 7-13. Over 190 movies from around the world went on screen during the festival.

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]]> https://irannewsdaily.com/2018/12/the-dark-room-wins-at-indias-iffk-filmfest/feed/ 0 “Dark Room” named best at Kerala film festival https://irannewsdaily.com/2018/12/dark-room-named-best-at-kerala-film-festival/ https://irannewsdaily.com/2018/12/dark-room-named-best-at-kerala-film-festival/#respond Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:26:29 +0000 https://irannewsdaily.com/?p=44800 Iranian director Ruhollah Hejazi’s “The Dark Room” was selected as best film at the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) in Thiruvananthapuram, India last night. The film is about Haleh and Farhad, who together with their 5-year-old son, Amir, have been recently resided in a new complex. Amir is lost in the desert in front […]

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]]> Iranian director Ruhollah Hejazi’s “The Dark Room” was selected as best film at the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) in Thiruvananthapuram, India last night.

The film is about Haleh and Farhad, who together with their 5-year-old son, Amir, have been recently resided in a new complex. Amir is lost in the desert in front of the complex, however, his parents find him soon. Later, Amir tells his father that someone has seen his body and this makes Farhad very upset and he’s looking for a suspect who has sexually harassed his little boy.

The award for best director went to Lijo Jose Pellissery for his film “Ee.Ma.Yau” from India. The film also received the audience award and NETPAC
Award for best Asian film.

Anamika Haksar from India received the best debut director for her film “Taking the Horse to Eat Jalebis” and the FIPRESCI Award for best Malayalam film was presented to “Sudani from Nigeria” by Zakariya, also from India.

Oscar-nominated Iranian director Majid Majidi was the president of the jury of the official competition at the event.

He was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the opening ceremony of the festival on December 7.

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s latest movie “Everybody Knows” was the opening film of the festival.

Five Iranian films, including “Tale of the Sea” by Bahman Farmanara and “Dressage” by Puya Badkubeh, were also on screen at the various sections of the IFFK.

Photo: Iranian director Ruhollah Hejazi (2nd R) receives the award for best film for his “The Dark Room” during the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala in Thiruvananthapuram, India on December 13, 2018. (IFFK)

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