TEHRAN – The Third Ammar International Popular Film Festival (AIPFF) honored three Iranian filmmakers for their anti-U.S. movies during a ceremony held at the Ibn-e Sina Hall of the University of Tehran on Tuesday.

Masud Jafari-Jozani, director of “Stone Lion”, Behruz Afkhami “The Day of Satan” and Hossein Zandbaf “The Hand of Satan” received their lifetime achievement awards at the ceremony, Persian media reported.

In addition, Chilean filmmaker, screenwriter and novelist Miguel Ernesto Littin Cucumides, who was the guest of honor at the festival, was honored at the program.

Moreover, Littin’s “Allende en su Laberinto” (Allende in his Maze) was screened for the audience before the ceremony.

“Allende in his Maze” was produced in 2014. It is an account of the last seven hours of the life of former democratically-elected Chilean President Salvador Allende and his close allies inside the Palace of La Moneda, during the brutal, U.S.-backed military coup d’état on September 11, 1973.

Revolutionary figures including Nader Talebzadeh, Abolqasem Talebi, Masud Shojai-Tabatabai and Ensieh Shah-Hosseini were among the participating guests.

The Ammar festival was established to take a global view of cultural, socio-economic, environmental and political issues that may endanger peace, freedom and justice in the world. It is named after Ammar Yasir, a close companion of Prophet Muhammad (S).

The third edition of the festival ran from August 24 to 26.

RM/YAW