Three Awards for BETWEEN THE CLIFFS in Hero 2024
In the 3rd International Film Festival for Children and Youth “Hero” (May 20th to 24th, 2024 / Geroy, Russia), Mokhtar Abdollahi’s debut feature film, BETWEEN THE CLIFFS, won three awards, including Grand Prix, Audience Award and Special Jury Diploma for Best Acting (Andia Yahyapour).
The film has been previously shown at:
1- Dhaka International Film Festival (January 2023 – Bangladesh).
- Children’s Film Sessions.
2- BUFF Film Festival (March 2023 – Sweden).
3- CMS International Children’s Film Festival (April 2023 – Lucknow, India).
- World Cinema.
4- Within the Family Film Festival (July 2023 – Russia).
- Children’s Films Competition.
- Best Film Award.
- Best Performance Award (jointly to Hamid Reza Gheibi and Andia Yahyapour).
5- IFFT- BVB Manappuram International Children’s Film Festival of Kerala @ Thrissur – ICFFK (September 2023 – India).
6- Seoul International Children’s Film Festival (September 2023 – South Korea).
- Open Cinema Section.
7- Wales International Film Festival (September 2023 – UK).
- Best Foreign Language Film Nominee.
8- Cyrus International Film Festival (December 2023 – Canada).
- Main Competition.
9- Kolkata International Children’s Film Festival (January 2024 – India).
- Official Selection.
10- Within the Family – Echo Edition (March 2024 – Russia).