Iranian short films ‘The Guy Came on Horseback’ and ‘Born in Mordad’ won awards at the 2nd Sixteen International Film Festival (16IFF) in the Indian city of Jaipur.

According to jiffindia.org, as many as 23 films from 12 countries in 13 languages were screened at the Sixteen International Film Festivals (16IFF) organized by Jaipur International Film Festival-JIFF at Golcha Cinema from May 17 to 21, 2017.

The festival is based on 16 subjects: Democracy, politics, corruption, horror films, romantic films, women films, children films, animations, ad films, among others.

‘The Guy Came on Horseback’ by Iranian filmmaker Hossein Rabiei-Dastjerdi won the Best Love and Romantic Short Film award while ‘Born in Mordad’ by Farzad Rahmani won the Best Women and Children Short Film award at the festival.

The first edition of 16IFF granted awards to five Iranian films including ‘The Return’ by Mohammed Amin Hamedani, ‘The Heritage’ by Abbas Khosrojerdi and Manizheh Seraj, ‘Shakhovan’ by Mahtab Sedaqat, ‘Confined Space’ by Siamak Ahmadi, and ‘Seven Stanza’ Mojgan Nikravesh. / Iran daily /