{"id":21545,"date":"2020-10-12T13:46:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T17:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=21545"},"modified":"2020-10-12T13:49:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T17:49:26","slug":"iranian-film-castle-of-dreams-wins-at-religion-today-filmfest-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=21545","title":{"rendered":"Iranian film \u201cCastle of Dreams\u201d wins at Religion Today filmfest in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EDUCATION FOR PEACE .<\/p>\n

An article from the Tehran Times<\/a><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Iranian award-winning drama \u201cCastle of Dreams\u201d has won the award for best feature film at the 23rd Religion Today Film Festival in Italy. <\/p>\n

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\nPhoto: \u201cCastle of Dreams\u201d by Reza Mirkarimi<\/center><\/p>\n

Last Wednesday [September 30], Trento as the greenest Italian city hosted the closing ceremony of the festival, which selected the motto \u201cEarth I Care\u201d.<\/p>\n

Directed by Reza Mirkarimi, the film is about two young children whose mother has just died, and their father, Jalal, after long years of absence, returns to sort things out, but he does not want to take the children with him.<\/p>\n

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Question for this article:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Film festivals that promote a culture of peace, Do you know of others?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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In addition, \u201cOjagh\u201d by Iranian filmmaker Ali Bolandnazar also won the award for best short documentary. It is a study of the rituals of the Qashqai Turkic tribe regarding fire.<\/p>\n

In the documentary competition, Iranian filmmaker Hamid Jafari\u2019s \u201cThe Wind\u201d received a special mention, while \u201cMother Fortress\u201d by Italian director Maria Luisa Forenza was named best.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Wind\u201d is about the Zar traditional ceremony in southern Iran. Spirits ride the wind of the seas and spread illness into the bodies of human beings. Zar is synonymous with the wind which carries illness. The Zar ceremony can free the body from evil spirits with the assistance of music and song.<\/p>\n

The Grand Prize in the Spirit of Faith went to \u201cOrder and Soul\u201d by Hungarian director Suzsanna Bak.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1997, the Religion Today Film Festival is organized every year by Associazione BiancoNero. The event has been the foremost international and itinerant film festival dedicated to cinema and religions for a culture of peace and dialogue between faiths, cultures, peoples and individuals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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