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IFFK to honour Iranian filmmaker-activist Mahnaz Mohammadi with ‘Spirit of Cinema’ award

The Hindu | 03/11/2022 08:04 AM | Click to read full article

The ‘Spirit of Cinema’ award, introduced last year to honour filmmakers whose passion for cinema shines through even in the most trying of circumstances, was first awarded to Kurdish filmmaker Lisa Calan. In 2019, she directed her first feature film ‘Son Mother’, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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