The Movie “It Was Just an Accident“won the main prize of 72º Sydney Cinema Festivalwhich had the closing ceremony held this Sunday (15) in the Australian city.
The film is directed by the Iranian Jafar pahani which, according to Reuters, has been arrested several times for its film performance. The film at the 78th edition of the Cannes Festival in France.
The movie is starring Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi e Single mobasser And it takes place in a small accident that triggers a number of increasing consequences, illustrating the trauma suffered by political dissidents and other opponents of power.
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“The Secret Agent” was competing for the same prize
The movie “” starring E directed by, was also competing for the Sydney Film Festival award. However, it did not win.
The plot is set in the 1970s, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, and accompanies Marcelo, a technology expert, who escapes a mysterious past and decides to return to Recife in search of a little peace, but realizes that the city is far from being the refuge it seeks.
See the full list of Sydney Film Festival winners
The Sydney Film Festival also awarded other films in different categories. See the full list of the following winners:
- Australia Documentary Award: “Songs Inside”
- First Nations Award: “Wilfred Buck”
- Sustainable Future Award: “Floodlands”
- Dendy Award for Australian Short Film: “Faceless”
- Best Live Action Short: “Faceless”
- Mamoulin Rouben Award for Best Director: Rory Pearson por “Mates”
- Yoram Gross Animation Award: “The Fling”
- AFTRS CRAFTS AWARD: Josh Peters, music and sound design by “faceless”
- Talent Award Revelation of Event Cinemas for Screenplay: Rory Pearson e Marcus Aldred-Traynor por “Mates”
