Prisoner of War 57187
27 April, 2008
FARS News Agemncy
Iranian Director Wins Aljazeera Award
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian director Vahid Zarezadeh's Prisoner of War 57187 received the golden award at Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival.
Prisoner of War 57187 grabbed the top award in the short-film category of the 4th Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival, press tv reported.
The 29-minute film, produced by Iranian Rozan Tasvir, documents the life of an Iraqi soldier who was captured by Iran during the Iran-Iraq war. The soldier decided to stay in Iran even after the decade-long war ended.
The Iranian director expressed delight at the juries' choice, saying, "Such festivals provide good opportunities for directors to offer their work to appreciative audiences abroad."
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