Bag of Rice
Feature film
Iran 1996
85 min
Eng. Subtitle
Producers: Blue Window Film Co.
Digital Media Lab.
Director: Mohammad Ali Talebi
Screenwriter: Mohammad Ali Talebi Hooshang Moradi Kermani
Cinematographer: Farhad Saba
Editor: Hassan Hassadoost
Executive Producer: Laya Palizban
Jeyran (5 years old) with her neighbor Masoumeh Khanoom start their journey across the urban cityscape; where they encounter a young boy (7 years old) with his mother with their own cargo.
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Screened at Berlin Film Festival, Germany 1997
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Screened in London, Walls, Edinburg, Cambridge and Bass by BFI (British Film Institute)
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Filmhouse (the best film distributer in UK) and British Council in April 2014, and I had presented in these cities for screening.
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Screened at BBC Persian.
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Awarded Best Actress at 7Th Int. Uruguay film festival for children and young people via UNICEF, Uruguay Cinema, and Child Inter American Institute 1998
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Awarded the Mention Special at 7th Int. Uruguay film festival for children and young people via UNICEF, Uruguay Cinema, and Child Inter American Institute 1998
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Awarded Golden Butterfly for the Best Film at 12th Int. Film Festival for children and young people Kerman-Iran 1996
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Awarded Silver Elephant for the Best Director at India Int. Film Festival for children and young people India 1997
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Awarded Grand Prize of Parent's Jury for Best Film Best World Section at 3rd Seoul Int. Family Film Festival, South Korea 1998
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Awarded Best Film, Second Prize of Adult Jury-Live-Action Film Section for Best Film Best World Section at 3rd Seoul Int. Family Film Festival, South Korea 1998
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Screened at Fukuoka International Film Festival, Japan 1997
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Screened at Saint Louis International Film Festival, USA 1999
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Screened at Munich International Film Festival, Germany 2003