Cinema

“Red Peace” Bags Golden Lion Award at Indonesian Festival

The Iranian short film ‘Red Peace’ received the Golden Lion Award at the Jiffest, the Jakarta International Film Festival.

Directed by Rahim Toufan, Red Peace has attended many film festivals across the world, including Marbella film festival in Spain and Sulaymaniyah Film Festival in Iraq, Mehr reported.

Red Peace is a bilingual Kurdish-Turkish tale of an unfulfilled love between a Syrian refugee girl and a Turkish border patrol. Syrian refugees welcome the tryst as an opportunity to cross the border. The girl grapples with choosing her family or the Turkish patrol’s love when she discovers that she has been abused by his family as a means to deflect the Turkish patrol from his duties.

Catherine Aslani, Hashem Qadimi, Hossein Khani and Somayyeh Toofan are among the cast.

The film is set in mountainous and forest countryside of Ardebil, and filmed under extreme weather conditions.

Jakarta International Film Festival (JiFFest) focuses on humanitarian theme of advocate for the oppressed and is Indonesia’s sole international film festival. Since its first inception in 1999, the fest has quickly become the biggest international film festival in South East Asia.

IFP Editorial Staff

The IFP Editorial Staff is composed of dozens of skilled journalists, news-writers, and analysts whose works are edited and published by experienced editors specialized in Iran News. The editor of each IFP Service is responsible for the report published by the Iran Front Page (IFP) news website, and can be contacted through the ways mentioned in the "IFP Editorial Staff" section.

Recent Posts

Iran reformist politician Mehdi Karroubi’s house arrest ends after 15 years

The son of Former Iranian parliament speaker and reformist politician Mehdi Karroubi has confirmed reports…

1 hour ago

Remains of 6500 year old infant found in western Iran

An Iranian official in the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan says the remains of a…

1 hour ago

Iran’s 20-Year Vision Plan: A review of unmet goals as 1404 horizon arrives

As Iran reaches the end of its 20-Year Vision Plan (2005-2025), a critical assessment reveals…

1 hour ago

Houthis claim retaliation, US attacks on Yemen continue

Yemen’s Houthis say they have retaliated after vowing to “meet escalation with escalation” following the…

2 hours ago

Trump says he will speak with Putin on Ukraine war

U.S. President Donald Trump has stated he plans to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin…

2 hours ago

UK proposes Western peacekeeping mission of 10,000 forces in Ukraine

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has presented plans to send 10,000 peacekeeping troops to Ukraine…

2 hours ago