TEHRAN – Iranian director Vahid Jalilvand’s acclaimed drama “No Date, No Signature” won the grand prix at the first edition of the Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF), Belgian newspaper Metro announced on Saturday. 

The movie is about Dr. Nariman, a forensic pathologist who has a car accident with a motorcyclist and injures his 8-year-old son.

Starring Navid Mohammadzadeh, Amir Aqai and Hedyeh Tehran, the film has been screened in numerous international events and won awards in some of them.

The film won the best director award for Vahid Jalilvand, and Mohammadzadeh was selected as best actor in the Orizzonti (Horizons) section at the 74th Venice International Film Festival in Italy in September 2017.

The BRIFF special jury prize went to Italian director Dario Albertini for “Manuel” while “Directors” by Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev won the audience award.

“The Wild Boys” by French filmmaker Bertrand Mandico received the grand prix in the BRIFF European competition. “The Return” by Danish director Malene Choi Jensen won the special jury award in this category.

The festival opened on June 20 and came to an end on Saturday.

Photo: Hedyeh Tehran acts in a scene from “No Date, No Signature”.

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