Beyond the Hill Takes the Istanbul Film Festival’s National Film Award

(Source: http://film.iksv.org/tr/film/260)

Organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV - İstanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfı), the Istanbul Film Festival celebrated its 31st anniversary this year. The festival’s prestigious Golden Tulip Awards crowned the winners in different categories with Emin Alper’s first feature film Beyond the Hill (Tepenin Ardı) receiving the best national film award. Earlier this year, the movie won the special mention award at the 62nd Berlinale (Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin) and is also to be screened at the Tribeca Film Festival (April 18-29) later this month. 

Iranian movie nominated for Oscar

The Iranian movie "The Separation"(Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) won a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in January 2012, and is now nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Foreign Language film.


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Simin and Nader have been married for 14 years and have an 11-year old daughter. Simin wants to leave Iran and build a life with her family elsewhere in the world, but Nader insists they stay in Iran to take care of his father, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. As Simin files a divorce, the story becomes complex.

Watch the trailer here.