Ava (2017 Iranian film)
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| Directed by | Sadaf Foroughi |
| Written by | Sadaf Foroughi |
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| Starring | Mahour Jabbari |
| Cinematography | Sina Kermanizadeh |
| Edited by | Kiarash Anvari |
Production company | Sweet Delight Pictures |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
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| Language | Persian |
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.
In December, TIFF named the film on its annual Canada's Top Ten list of the ten best Canadian films. 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). It was named as the winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best First Feature on 31 January 2018.