“A Beautiful Snowy Day” wins special prize at Polish filmfest

The film, which was directed by Mahaya Petrossian and Amir Tuderusta, depicts one day in the life of a woman and her child, in which she has to make an important decision.

In the film, actress Petrossian, made her directorial debut and she also wrote the film’s screenplay. She plays the leading role in the movie as well.

She drew inspiration from “Someone Else’s Child”, a short story by Iranian prominent writer Jalal Al-e Ahmad, to write the screenplay.

“I added more characters, creating another story, which was different from Al-e Ahmad’s story,” Petrossian said in review session for her film in January 2010.

“I was very eager to play the role of the woman in the story in order to demonstrate my ability in acting which has not been seen thus far,” she added.

Atila Pesyani, Sadeq Safaii, Maedeh Tahmasbi and Mohammad Sadr are the other members of the cast.

“Cigarettes And Songs” directed by Marek Šulik and Jana Kovalcikova from Slovakia, “Crossed Sild” directed by Lea Vidakovic and Ivana Bošnjak from Norway, “A Frog Choir” directed by Tibor Kruljac and “Summer at the Beach” directed by Barbara Radman, both from Croatia, won the other four special awards at the festival.

Another Iranian film “When a Line of Light Shines” directed by Shahriar Purseyyedian was also among 73 films reviewed in the competition section at the festival.

Photo: Actress/director Mahaya Petrossian and Mohammad Sadr are seen in a scene from “A Beautiful Snowy Day”, which won a special prize at the 14th International Film Festival Zoom – Zblizenia in Poland on February 20, 2011.