Publish Date: 10 November 2015 - 11:34

TEHRAN, Nov. 10 (MNA) – Iranian documentary I Dance with God, directed by Houshang Mirzaei, received the Special Audience Prize at the MiradasDoc International Documentary Film Festival in Spain.

The Iranian documentary competed with 65 films in the competition section of the 10th MiradasDoc International Documentary Film Festival.

I Dance with God has attended several festivals and won the Best Documentary award at the 9th Jahorina Film Festival in Pale, Bosnia-Herzegovina which was held in August.

The flick depicts the life of an old blind man, Kak-Ali Badri, from Paveh in Kermanshah province. Despite his physical disability, he is a tailor. He has also managed to afford enough to buy a beautiful garden and plant fruit trees in it. The man has a lively spirit full of desire for life.

MiradasDoc International Documentary Film Festival was held from 31 October - 7 November 2015.

 

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