Spanish one‑shot festival awards ‘The Scapegoat’
Iranian actress Fatemeh Sadeghi received a diploma of merit for best actress for her performance in the short film ‘The Scapegoat’ at the 11th edition of One Shot Terrassa City of Film in Terrassa, near Barcelona, Spain.
The film, written and directed by Ali Fard, was also chosen as a nominee for Best Screenplay at this year’s Milton Keynes Film Festival in the UK, ILNA reported.
‘The Scapegoat’ has already charted an impressive international festival run. It previously collected Best Director at Moon Arts Film Festival in Italy, won Best Foreign Film at Arts & Short Film Festival, earned Best Screenplay at the US‑based KIIFF and a diploma of merit for directing at Italy’s I Corti Dei Fabbri Festival.
The film has been submitted to a total of 29 international festivals. Among them are the Bahia Independent Film Festival in Brazil, Ocean City Film Festival in the United States, Touchstone Independent Film Festival and the US‑based BOOM! Film Festival.
Its cast includes, besides Sadeghi, actors such as Amir Shams, Nima Qasemi, Mahnaz Ansari, Mehdi Omidi, Sobhan Rouhnejad and Hossein Doosti.