The 41st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 15 to 26, 1991.

Licenses

With the closing ceremony and announcement of the winners, the winners of the 31st International Children and Youth Film Festival were announced. Based on the opinions of the jury of various sections, the winners of the 31st festival were announced as follows:

Zavon Ghoukasian Special Award

The Zavon Ghokasian Special Award was awarded to the film “Technical Strike” directed by Gholamreza Ramezani.

Fictional works of Iranian cinema

In the Iranian Cinema Fiction Works section, the Golden Butterfly Award for Best Feature Screenplay went to Sharif Kazemi and Reza Aghaei for the film “Eyeglasses.” The Golden Butterfly Award for Best Director in this section went to Parnia Kazemi for the film “Borva.” Mehrdad Majidi also won the Golden Butterfly Award for Best Feature Screenplay. Zarrin received the Best Producer award for producing the film “Borwa”.

Behnam Mohammadi Special Award

The festival’s Golden Statuette in the “Behnam Mohammadi” special section went to the director of the short film “Friday of Flowers” Saeed Haji Gholami.

Iranian Children’s and Youth Cinema Competition Works:

In the Iranian Children and Youth Cinema Competition, the Best Children’s Film Award went to “Pastarioni” produced by “Bita Mansouri.” “Technical Strike” received the Best Youth Film Award, produced by “Gholamreza Ramezani.”

International Department

The Golden Butterfly for Best Children’s and Youth Film went to “Alone” by David Munro from France. The Golden Butterfly for Best Short Fiction Film was also awarded to “Just Go” directed by Pauls Donico. The Golden Butterfly for Best Screenplay went to Damian Manuel and Quinn. Igarachi” for the film “The Night I Swimmed”. The Golden Butterfly for Best Feature Film Direction went to “Mohammad Reza Haji Gholami” for the film “Lukant”. The Special Prize of the International Jury was awarded to “Kamila Andini” for the film “To See or Not to See” from Indonesia. The award Best Feature Film went to “House” by Jung-woo Kim from South Korea.

UNICEF Special Award

The UNICEF Special Award for Best Child and Adolescent Actor went to Sajjad Esmaeili for the film “Lakant”. Also, the UNICEF Honorary Diploma was awarded to Mohammad Reza Haji Gholami for promoting friendship among children for the film “Jumeh Gul”. Finally, the UNICEF Award for Best Film went to The 31st festival went to “Amir Mashhadi Abbas” for the film “Dutch”.

Sifj Award

The SIFF statuette for best film, as chosen by the SIFF jury, was awarded to the film “Home” directed by Jung-woo Kim from South Korea.

Animation Award

The Golden Butterfly for Best Director was awarded to “Ashkan Rahgozar” for the animation “The Last Story”. The Golden Butterfly for Best Short Animation went to the film “Run, Rostam,” directed by “Hossein Melaimi.” The Golden Butterfly for Best Feature Animation went to the film “Operation Kathmandu” from the country. Canada was awarded.

Iranian Cinema Award

In the Iranian Cinema section, the Golden Butterfly Award for Best Animated Short Film went to the film “Barber” directed by Dariush Oskouei. The Golden Butterfly Award for Best Fiction Short Film went to the film “Marlon” directed by Dernaz Hajiha. The Golden Butterfly Award for Best Child Actor went to It was jointly awarded to “Sajjad Esmaeili” for his role in the film “Lakant” and “Samiar Mohammadi” for his role in the film “Tapali”. “Morteza Hosseini” was specially honored for his role in the film “The Third Absent Person”. The Golden Butterfly for Best Screenplay went to “Mitra Teymurian” and “Gholamreza Ramezani” for The film “Technical Strike” won. The Golden Butterfly for Best Director went to “Mohammad Reza Haji Gholami” for the film “Lakant”. The Golden Butterfly for Best Children’s Film was awarded to the film “Pastarioni” produced by “Bita Mansouri”. The Golden Butterfly for Best Youth Film was awarded to the film “Technical Strike” “Technical” was produced by “Gholamreza Ramezani”. The Special Jury Prize was jointly awarded to the film “The Last Story” directed by Ashkan Rahgozar and the film “Lakant” directed by “Mohammadreza Haji Gholami”.