Winners of the 2014 ‘Sepanta Awards’ at the 7th Annual Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco

Best Film: Hush! Girls Don’t Scream
Best Director: Pouran Derakhshandeh for Hush! Girls Don’t Scream
Best Actor: Faramarz Gharibian for The Sinners

Best Actress: Tannaz Tabatabayi for Hush! Girls Don’t Scream
Best Screenplay: Pouran Derakhshandeh & Mitra Bahrami for Hush! Girls Don’t Scream
Best Cinematography: Salem Salavati for The Last Winter
Best Documentary: Trucker and the Fox, directed by Arash Lahooti
Best Short Film: Red Dream, directed by Shahriar Pourseyedian
Best Director for a Short Film: Ali Reza Salmanpour for Wound
Best Screenplay for a Short Film: Nikan Nezami for A Little Farther
Best Short Documentary: Homeless to Homeowner directed by Jahangir Golestan
Best Actor in a Short Film: Korkmaz Arslan for Bahar in Wonderland
Best Actress in a Short Film: Anahita Afshar for Honeymoon
Best Cinematography in a Short Film: Ali Sadeghpoor Moghadas for Haleema
Best Animation: Simorgh, directed by Meghdad Asadi Lari

Congratulations to all the winners.

About the Sepanta Awards: Abdolhossein Sepanta [1907-1969], a director and producer [Lor Girl, Shirin & Farhad], is known as the father of sound in Iranian Cinema. In honor of his achievements, Iranian Film Festival, has named its award ‘Sepanta Award’ given in 15 categories.

‘Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco’ is an annual event showcasing independent feature and short films made by or about Iranians from around the world.