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TEHRAN -- The special jury prize of the 57th Taormina Film Festival will be given to Iranian director Ahmadreza Motamedi by the Italian ambassador in Tehran. Motamedi won the award for his “Alzheimer’s” in June, but he was not present at the festival to receive it. Ambassador Alberto Bradanini will present the prize to Motamedi during a ceremony at the Eyvan-e Shams Hall today. The film’s cast and crew have been invited to the event. After the ceremony, the film will go on screen in Iran after its public screening during 29th Fajr International Film Festival. A special jury comprised of journalists, critics and scholars from the main jury of the festival warmly received the film after a solo screening of it at the festival, Motamedi told the Persian service of MNA. “I am happy that despite the cultural differences between Iran and the West, the film was easily understood by Western viewers, and that the critics and journalists had a proper understanding of the film’s concept. “This is the second international award for the film in addition to the Golden Flag Award at the international section of the 29th Fajr Film Festival in February,” Motamedi said. Starring Mehdi Hashemi, Mahtab Keramati, Mehran Ahmadi and Faramarz Qaribian, the movie tells the story of a woman who has lost her husband in an accident and advertizes in the newspaper every year hoping to find him.
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