Ava (2017 Iranian film)

Ava
Film poster
Directed bySadaf Foroughi
Written bySadaf Foroughi
Produced by
StarringMahour Jabbari
CinematographySina Kermanizadeh
Edited byKiarash Anvari
Production
company
Sweet Delight Pictures
Release date
  • 8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) (TIFF)
Running time
102 minutes
Countries
  • Iran
  • Canada
  • Qatar
LanguagePersian

Ava (Persian: آوا) is a 2017 internationally co-produced drama film directed and written by Sadaf Foroughi. The Persian-language film screened for the first time in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Discovery Prize and received an Honourable Mention for Best Canadian First Feature Film.[1][2][3]

In December, TIFF named the film on its annual Canada's Top Ten list of the ten best Canadian films.[4] The film received eight Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Foroughi), Best Actress (Mahour Jabbari) and Best Supporting Actress (Bahar Noohian).[5] It was named as the winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best First Feature on 31 January 2018.[6]

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  2. ^ Vlessing, Etan (17 September 2017). "Toronto: 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' Captures Audience Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
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  4. ^ Wilner, Norman (6 December 2017). "Canada's Top Ten has some glaring omissions". Now. NOW Communications. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  5. ^ CBC News (16 January 2018). "Canadian Screen Awards 2018: Anne has leading 13 nominations". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  6. ^ The Canadian Press (31 January 2018). "Sadaf Foroughi's 'Ava' wins best first feature film from Canadian Screen Awards". National Post. Postmedia Network. Retrieved 14 June 2018.