Read about what was behind opening Media Nest in Prague and why does Kaveh Farnam support independent Iranian Cinematography
Kaveh Farnam´s interview for the Middle Eastern BroadcastPro magazine
Mohammad Rasoulof to be part of this year´s Berlinale´s International Jury
Berlinale announces the International Jury
The magnificent 6 – 6 directors – the winners of 6 Golden Bears will choose this year´s Berlinale Winner.
There Is No Evil awarded The Norwegian Peace Film Award
There Is No Evil wins price at the Tromso International Film Festival in Norway.
“The NoPFA is given to a film spotlighting direct, structural or cultural violence and which in creative way contributes to a deeper understanding of conflicts and violence.”
There Is No Evil´s journey in 2020
Although we were mainly all sitting at home in 2020 at least our films were travelling around the world. This was the journey of our most successfull film There Is No Evil in 2020.
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• Golden Bear (Best Film) – Berlin IFF (Germany)
• Cinema Guild Film Prize – Berlin IFF (Germany)
• Ecumenical Jury Award – Berlin IFF (Germany)
• Grand Prize for Narrative Feature – Heartland IFF (USA)
• Special Jury Prize for Courage in Filmmaking – Crested Butte FF (USA)
• Audience Choice Award for International Narrative Feature – Calgary IFF (Canada)
• Special Mention – Valladolid IFF (Spain)
• Blogos de Oro for Best Film – Valladolid IFF (Spain)
• Fiction Feature Jury Prize – Montclair FF (USA)
• Grand Prix – Batumi Art-House IFF (Georgia)
• Young Jury Award for Best Picture – Hong Kong Asian FF (Hong Kong)
• Audience Award -Best Narrative feature. Philadelphia Film Festival (USA)
• Audience Award-Best International Film-44th International Film Festival in São Paulo -Brazil
• SILVER MIRROR AWARD Films from the South festival (Norway)
Showreel 2020
Check out our new showreel 2020
Films featured:
Woodgirls
There Is No Evil
Son-Mother
None Of Your Business
Leakage
A Man Of Integrity
Like My Name Pegah
Thank you Milva for the fantastic Bella Ciao version of the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsgIZWJXCp0
Our films in 2020/2019
What do you get when you mix great skill, immense talent, extra hard work, bit of luck and a pinch of magic – you get our Media Nest with all these great people (Kaveh Farnam, Mohammad Rasoulof, Farzad Pak, Mahnaz Mohammadi, Suzan Iravanian, Kamran Heidari, Majid Barzegar and many many more)
Leakage
Winner Best Feature – Dublin Independent Film Festival, Ireland (November 2019)
Director Suzan Iravanian Nominated as the Best Director by Dublin Independent Film Festival, Ireland ( September 2020 – Festival postponed till the end of 2020)
None Of Your Business
Special Jury Award at EBS International Documentary Festival South Korea (August 2020)
Son-Mother
Jury Special Award at Alice In the City, Rome, Italy (November 2019)
Amnesty International Febio Fest Award Czech Republic (September 2020)
Audience Award at iKSV – Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey (October 2020)
Nominee in Asia Pacific Screen Awards which has been postponed to 2021
There Is No Evil
Winner Best Film Golden Bear – Berlinale (February 2020)
Winner Guild Film Prize – Berlinale (February 2020)
Winner Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (February 2020)
Special Jury Prize – Crested Butte Film Festival Colorado, USA (October 2020)
Winner Grand Prize 2020 – Heartland International Film Festival, Indianapolis, USA (October 2020)
Nominee in Asia Pacific Screen Awards which has been postponed to 2021
