Geography
2016 Int. Women’s Film Festival Award: Best screenplay “Lesson Unlearned”/Russia
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“Lesson Unlearned” from Russia was awarded as the best screenplay, directed by Nina Vedmitskaya by the international jury.
Tuesday 7 February 20172016 Int. Women’s Film Festival Award: Best Animation “The Spirit of Fishi”/India
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“The Spirit of Fishi” from India was awarded as the best animation, directed by Anjali Nayar by the international jury.
Tuesday 7 February 20172016 Int. Women’s Film Festival Award: Best feature “The Sis”/Iran
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“The Sis” from Iran was awarded as the best feature, directed by Marjan Ashrafizadeh by the international jury.
Tuesday 7 February 20172016 Int. Women’s Film Festival Award: Best documentary “I’m a happy actress”/ Afghanistan
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“I’m a happy actress” from Afghanistan was awarded as the Best short fiction, directed by Samere Rezaie by the international jury.
Tuesday 7 February 20172016 Int. Women’s Film Festival Award: Best short fiction Water/ Afghanistan
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Water from Afghanistan was awarded as the Best short fiction, directed by Seyedjalal Rohani by the international jury.
Tuesday 7 February 20172016 Int. Women’s Film Festival Award: Best leading actor Sam Khoury/Lebanon
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Sam Khoury from Lebanon was awarded as the best leading actor in the film “The Blind of the Cathedral” directed by Nadine Asmar by the international jury.
Tuesday 7 February 20174th International Women’s Film Festival Brochure 2016
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The 2016 Festival hosted more than 200 films from various countries across the world.
Monday 6 February 2017New Book: 38 Unveiled Voices from Afghanistan
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The present book is a collection of 38 interviews drawn from “Unveiling Afghanistan, the Voices of Progress” Campaign that was launched in mid 2013 by Armanshahr in a 50 day count down to the third round of Presidential election in Afghanistan and profited from the support of the FIDH.
Wednesday 4 January 2017Special issue Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA 20th Anniversary 2016 – Issues 184-185
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Special issue Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA 20th Anniversary 2016 – Issues 184-185
Monday 19 December 2016“Mobilisation of cultural-social resources to protect abandoned children”
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Public dialogue 170 of Armanshahr: “Mobilisation of cultural-social resources to protect abandoned children”, at Gowharshad University within the framework of the Human Rights Week.
Monday 19 December 2016