Awards

for the director of the best short fiction film

"This is a film defying genre definition - and still it's a social realist, gender political thriller. With a delicate touch and a sense of humor, it questions traditional ideas on women's place in society, in Iran and across the world."

From the heart of a city, from amidst poverty, squalor, drugs and crime was created a tale of beauty and dignity. The jury Special Mention goes to A Report about Mina by Kaveh Mazaheri.

"For its message of choice, liberty, and renewal where the lines of morality and honesty are blurred, leaving the audiences own projection of the events open for discussion and introspection. We appreciated the unification of the aesthetic and the ethical. The winner of the Best Narrative Short goes to Retouch."

Jury Comments: "For its message of choice, liberty, and renewal where the lines of morality and honesty are blurred, leaving the audiences own projection of the events open for discussion and introspection. We appreciated the unification of the aesthetic and the ethical. The winner of the Best Narrative Short goes to Retouch."

Jury statement: a script that doesn't need any retouch and works perfectly as description of the extreme decision of a woman to obtain emancipation.