TEHRAN – Iranian acclaimed drama “Oblivion Season” has added to its international honors last week by winning awards for best international film and best cinematography at the 3rd Sanford International Film Festival in the U.S. 

Director/producer Abbas Rafei received the award for best film and Alireza Barazandeh was presented with the award for best cinematography.

The award for Best Maine Film went to “Suffer the Little Children” by Corey Norman while Veit Helmer from Germany received the award for best director for “Fiddlesticks”. 

The award for best screenplay went to Italian director and writer Francesco Vito Longo for his “Grosjean Strikes Back”.

“Oblivion Season” starring Sareh Bayat is about a woman who starts a new life by marrying her lover but leaving the shadow of her dark past turns out not to be as easy as it had seemed before.

It has been crowned as best film at several other international festivals such as the 16th Asiatica Film Mediale held in Rome last November, the Universal Film Festival in Kansas City last September, and the Brasov International Film Festival and Market in Romania last September.

The organizers of the festival also conducted several seminars and workshops on acting and filmmaking topics during the event, which was held in York County, Maine from May 25 to 29. 

Photo: Sareh Bayat acts in a scene from “Oblivion Season”.

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