Martyr Avini awards distributed

TEHRAN, (SCIB) - Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi, Majid Rajabi Memar, Mohammad Reza Jaffari Jelveh and Mohammad Reza Sharafoldin presented the certificate of honor and Hadj grants to 11 families of martyrs. The awards were presented to the families or colleagues of the following martyrs: Seyyed Ebrahim Asqar Zadeh, Qasem Boozari, Qasem Dehqan, Ayat Seyfi, Hossein Shariati, Ali Talebi, Behrouz Falahat Pour, Reza Moradi Nasab, Hasan Hadi, Sa’eed Yazdan Parast and Amir Eskandar Yekkeh Taz. 4 of Shahid Avini’s fellow combatant and filmmakers were presented medals, certificate of honor and Bahar-e-Azadi gold coins in the next section of the program. Qasem Bakhshi, Mostafa Dalayi, Ehsan Rajabi, Mohammad Yousef Zadegan received these awards that were presented to them by Reza Mir Karimi, Mohamad Afarideh and Pejman Lashkari Pour. The recipients of these awards cited common memories with Shahid Avini. Subsequently, Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi, Mohammad Afarideh, Mohammad Reza Jaffari Jelveh and Pejman Lashkari Pour were called on stage to pay tribute to Maryam Amini, widow of Shahid Avini. “I get a mixed feeling of pride and embarrassment, everyone talked about Shahid Avini’s qualities;I thought I d talk about one of his qualities too. He always kept politics apart from culture and art and would never mix the two.”? his wife said after receiving an honorary award. “Documentary cinema was his all time pre-occupation; I hope this festival is the start of a process to pay more serious attention to documentary cinema”? she added. In the next section of the event, the musical group Chehel Daf performed for the audience. This was followed by the festival’s statement that was read out by Mohammad Reza Jaffari Jelveh. Next, awards for selected documentaries of the year were distributed. Director Hossein Torabi received a golden medal, certificate of honor and 15 Bahar-e-Azadi gold coins for his documentary “For Freedom”?. Mehdi Ma’dani received a golden medal, certificate of honor and 15 Bahar-e-Azadi gold coins for his documentary “Freedom Bridge”?. A golden medal, certificate of honor and 20 Bahar-e-Azadi gold coins were presented to the family of late Rasoul Mollagholipour. In the side section of the festival, the following were selected: - Society of Iranian Documentary film makers conferred a ....., a full volume of Dehkhoda encyclopedia and a trip to Karbala to Farahnaz Sharifi for her documentary “Iran on Alert”? - Society of Producers of Iranian Documentaries awarded Mohamad Afarideh. - Society of Iranian critics awarded Manouchehr Tayyab for his documentary “Persian Sea”?. - A certificate of honor and Hadj grant were presented to Morteza Sha’bani, director of “ Hamzeh”? - IRIB’s office for women and families’ affairs handed over the ...... in addition to 5 Bahar-e-Azadi coins to Vahid Chavosh, director of “Roof of Heaven”?. - Public Culture Council (Secretariat of the council to promote Sacrifice and Martyrdom) presented their certificate of honor and Karbala grant to Mohammad Reza Abbasina for his documentary “ Ghana”? - A certificate of honor and Karbala grant was given to Mehdi Niroo Manesh, director of “ Nightly Quiet”? - A certificate of honor and Karbala grant was presented to Soheil Karami, director Of “Haji Vali”? - A certificate of honor and 5 Bahar-e-Azadi coins were presented to Asqar Bakhtiari for his documentary “ Secret Encounter”? - A certificate of honor and 5 Bahar-e-Azadi coins were presented to Hamid Zargar Nejad, director of “ Third Day”? - A certificate of honor and 15 Bahar-e-Azadi gold coins were presented to Sayed Reza Hosseini, director of “Under the umbrella of love”? The following were selected as the year’s best documentaries: Third best film ranking: Vahid Chavoshi (Roof of Heaven), Abbas Amini (Taste of the Sun) and Parivash Nazarieh (Closer than life) received certificates of honor, a bronze medal and 10 Bahar-e-Azadi gold coins each. Second best film ranking: Masoud Rahmani, (0 degrees zone), Masoud Bakhshi (Tehran doesn’t have pomegranates) received silver medals and 15 Bahar-e-Azadi gold coins each. Best research: Certificates of honor, Silver medal and 10 Bahar-e-Azadi gold coins were presented to Hasan Naqashi, researcher and director of the documentary “ Mashy and Mashianeh”? and Vahid Mousaeean, researcher and director of the documentary “Lost Land”? Best Film (first ranking) The certificate of honor, golden medal and Shahid Avini’s grand award including 30 Bahar-e-Azadi gold coins went to Javad Mozdabadi for his documentary “Black hand, white bread”?. A certificate of honor, golden medal and the special award of national achievement as well as 20 Bahar-e-Azadi gold coins were presented to Manouchehr Tayyab, director of “Persian Pars”? for his commitment to creating works that are each considered national achievements. Aiming at the promotion of the status of Documentary films in Iranian cinema, as well as highlighting the valuable character of Shahid Avini, the festival was the first documentary festival of its kind. The board of judges consisted of Majid Majidi, Kyumars Pour Ahmad, Morteza Sarhangi, Azizollah Hamid Nejad,Morteza Razagh Karimi, Mehdi Homayunfar and Akbar Nabavi. The Society of Iranian documentary film makers had also appointed Mohammad Reza Aslani, Manouchehr Moshiri and Nahid Rezayee as its own board of judges. The selection of their best films was carried out by Amir Javad Esmaeeli, Saeed Mostaghasi and Maryam Pouryamin in the Society of Iranian Critics. Concluding the ceremony, the center for development of documentary and experimental cinema and the festival’s secretariat conferred a certificate of appreciate on Mr. Jaffari Jelveh for his consistent support for Documentary Cinema.

TEHRAN, (SCIB) - Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi, Majid Rajabi Memar, Mohammad Reza Jaffari Jelveh and Mohammad Reza Sharafoldin presented the certificate of honor and Hadj grants to 11 families of martyrs. The awards were presented to the families or colleagues of the following martyrs: Seyyed Ebrahim Asqar Zadeh, Qasem Boozari, Qasem Dehqan, Ayat Seyfi, Hossein Shariati, Ali Talebi, Behrouz Falahat Pour, Reza Moradi Nasab, Hasan Hadi, Sa’eed Yazdan Parast and Amir Eskandar Yekkeh Taz. 4 of Shahid Avini’s fellow combatant and filmmakers were presented medals, certificate of honor and Bahar-e-Azadi gold coins in the next section of the program. Qasem Bakhshi, Mostafa Dalayi, Ehsan Rajabi, Mohammad Yousef Zadegan received these awards that were presented to them by Reza Mir Karimi, Mohamad Afarideh and Pejman Lashkari Pour. The recipients of these awards cited common memories with Shahid Avini. Subsequently, Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi, Mohammad Afarideh, Mohammad Reza Jaffari Jelveh and Pejman Lashkari Pour were called on stage to pay tribute to Maryam Amini, widow of Shahid Avini. “I get a mixed feeling of pride and embarrassment, everyone talked about Shahid Avini’s qualities;I thought I d talk about one of his qualities too. He always kept politics apart from culture and art and would never mix the two.”? his wife said after receiving an honorary award. “Documentary cinema was his all time pre-occupation; I hope this festival is the start of a process to pay more serious attention to documentary cinema”? she added. In the next section of the event, the musical group Chehel Daf performed for the audience. This was followed by the festival’s statement that was read out by Mohammad Reza Jaffari Jelveh. Next, awards for selected documentaries of the year were distributed. Director Hossein Torabi received a golden medal, certificate of honor and 15 Bahar-e-Azadi gold coins for his documentary “For Freedom”?. Mehdi Ma’dani received a golden medal, certificate of honor and 15 Bahar-e-Azadi gold coins for his documentary “Freedom Bridge”?. A golden medal, certificate of honor and 20 Bahar-e-Azadi gold coins were presented to the family of late Rasoul Mollagholipour. In the side section of the festival, the following were selected: - Society of Iranian Documentary film makers conferred a ....., a full volume of Dehkhoda encyclopedia and a trip to Karbala to Farahnaz Sharifi for her documentary “Iran on Alert”? - Society of Producers of Iranian Documentaries awarded Mohamad Afarideh. - Society of Iranian critics awarded Manouchehr Tayyab for his documentary “Persian Sea”?. - A certificate of honor and Hadj grant were presented to Morteza Sha’bani, director of “ Hamzeh”? - IRIB’s office for women and families’ affairs handed over the ...... in addition to 5 Bahar-e-Azadi coins to Vahid Chavosh, director of “Roof of Heaven”?. - Public Culture Council (Secretariat of the council to promote Sacrifice and Martyrdom) presented their certificate of honor and Karbala grant to Mohammad Reza Abbasina for his documentary “ Ghana”? - A certificate of honor and Karbala grant was given to Mehdi Niroo Manesh, director of “ Nightly Quiet”? - A certificate of honor and Karbala grant was presented to Soheil Karami, director Of “Haji Vali”? - A certificate of honor and 5 Bahar-e-Azadi coins were presented to Asqar Bakhtiari for his documentary “ Secret Encounter”? - A certificate of honor and 5 Bahar-e-Azadi coins were presented to Hamid Zargar Nejad, director of “ Third Day”? - A certificate of honor and 15 Bahar-e-Azadi gold coins were presented to Sayed Reza Hosseini, director of “Under the umbrella of love”? The following were selected as the year’s best documentaries: Third best film ranking: Vahid Chavoshi (Roof of Heaven), Abbas Amini (Taste of the Sun) and Parivash Nazarieh (Closer than life) received certificates of honor, a bronze medal and 10 Bahar-e-Azadi gold coins each. Second best film ranking: Masoud Rahmani, (0 degrees zone), Masoud Bakhshi (Tehran doesn’t have pomegranates) received silver medals and 15 Bahar-e-Azadi gold coins each. Best research: Certificates of honor, Silver medal and 10 Bahar-e-Azadi gold coins were presented to Hasan Naqashi, researcher and director of the documentary “ Mashy and Mashianeh”? and Vahid Mousaeean, researcher and director of the documentary “Lost Land”? Best Film (first ranking) The certificate of honor, golden medal and Shahid Avini’s grand award including 30 Bahar-e-Azadi gold coins went to Javad Mozdabadi for his documentary “Black hand, white bread”?. A certificate of honor, golden medal and the special award of national achievement as well as 20 Bahar-e-Azadi gold coins were presented to Manouchehr Tayyab, director of “Persian Pars”? for his commitment to creating works that are each considered national achievements. Aiming at the promotion of the status of Documentary films in Iranian cinema, as well as highlighting the valuable character of Shahid Avini, the festival was the first documentary festival of its kind. The board of judges consisted of Majid Majidi, Kyumars Pour Ahmad, Morteza Sarhangi, Azizollah Hamid Nejad,Morteza Razagh Karimi, Mehdi Homayunfar and Akbar Nabavi. The Society of Iranian documentary film makers had also appointed Mohammad Reza Aslani, Manouchehr Moshiri and Nahid Rezayee as its own board of judges. The selection of their best films was carried out by Amir Javad Esmaeeli, Saeed Mostaghasi and Maryam Pouryamin in the Society of Iranian Critics. Concluding the ceremony, the center for development of documentary and experimental cinema and the festival’s secretariat conferred a certificate of appreciate on Mr. Jaffari Jelveh for his consistent support for Documentary Cinema.