TEHRAN –- Babak Amini’s “Angels Die in the Soil” won the Volvo Grand Award at the Circuito Off - Venice International Short Film Festival.

Some 48 short films from around the world competed for the award during the event that was held from August 30 to September 5 in Italy.
Amini, a graduate of philosophy, began his film career by assisting the renowned filmmaker Bahman Qobadi in his movies “A Time for Drunken Horses” and “Turtles Can Fly, Too”.
Amini’s short film “Angels Die in the Soil” won the Ischia Film Award at the 6th annual Ischia Film Location Festival in Italy this year.
The film is on the theme of Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) and what happened in Iraq’s Kurdish region