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‘The Old Bachelor’ wins Best Film at Irish festival
The winners of the 36th Galway Film Fleadh, one of Ireland’s leading film festivals, were announced on the evening of July 16. ‘The Old Bachelor’ shared the award for Best World Cinema with a film by a Palestinian director titled ‘To a Land Unknown’, IRNA wrote.
‘The Old Bachelor’ is directed by Oktay Baraheni and produced by Babak Hamidian and Hanif Sarvari, with financing from Arsalon Baraheni and Amir Hossein Abdolahi. The film stars Hamed Behdad, Leila Hatami, Mohammad Valizadegan, and veteran actor Hasan Pourshirazi.
Pourshirazi won the award for Best Actor at the 23rd Transilvania International Film Festival in Romania for his performance in ‘The Old Bachelor.’ The film also won the Grand Prix at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam and was praised for its performances at the Romanian festival.
The Galway Film Fleadh is an Academy Awards-qualifying event, and ‘The Old Bachelor’ is being distributed internationally by Haft Cheshmeh Distribution Company, managed by
Milad Khosravi.