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‘Unit 13’ from Iran takes top prize at Spanish festival
The Iranian short film ‘Unit 13,’ written and directed by Deniz Ghorbani, won the Best Short Film Award at the annual Samhain Baucogna International Film Festival in Spain.
According to the film’s media advisor, the accolade was presented during its third worldwide screening.
In the film, a married couple enters into seemingly clandestine relationships with lonely young women in order to carry out a fraud. The narrative takes an unexpected turn when one of the victims becomes pregnant, upending their scheme and altering the course of events.
The cast includes Sepideh Saeidinia, Mahsan Yahyaipour and Amirhossein Fahadan, with Fahadan also acting as the film’s international distributor.