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March, she was honored with the Director Achievement Award at the International Women Filmmakers Festival 2022 in Izmir, Turkey.In 2020, she
received the audience award at the 23rd Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia.The Kazan festival jury also includes Hamid Benamra
from Algeria, Anara Kashaganova from Kazakhstan, Amer Salmeen Al Murri from the UAE, Haobam Paban Kumar from India, Ihsan Kabil from Turkey
Mukhametshin, will join the jury of the 18th edition of the festival, which will take place from September 7 to 11 in the capital of
Tatarstan, a semi-autonomous region in southwest Russia.Earlier in July, the Kazan festival announced its official lineup.The Iranian movies
directed by Nahid Hassanzadeh will be screened in the feature film competition.In this film, 35-year-old Rohan agrees to marry Mahi, an old
man who had been the village teacher for many years
Mahi is now the caretaker of the village shrine in whose healing power he does not believe
Rohan begins her new life in a small room in the shrine
She meets a young boy who has taken refuge in the sanctuary of the shrine to be healed
When the boy dies suddenly, Rohan loses all her beliefs like her husband
However, villagers later tell him that her husband is alive and back
homeless women in southern Tehran, and her assistant Mona who once was one of the women supported by the center
documentary by Ruhollah Akbari, follows the daughter of one of the nomadic tribes, who, despite all the problems caused by the traditions
and common beliefs about girls exercising, achieves much success in kickboxing
non-competition program.Photo: Director Narges Abyar in an undated photo.MMS/YAW
