Monthly:August 2018

“Ranger and Leopard” Wins Award at Italian Festival

The Iranian documentary “Ranger and Leopard,” produced by the Jam-e-Jam International Network, recently won an award at the Gran Paradiso Film Festival in Italy. This 21st edition of the festival was held from July 23 to 28 in the Alps. Directed by Fathollah Amiri and Nima Asgari, the film tells the story of Mohammad Reza Halvani, a passionate ranger determined to capture evidence of the Persian leopard in his protected region, despite a lack of prior proof. This documentary has […]

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iFilm: Iran doc ‘Ranger and Leopard’ wins in Italy

Iran documentary film ‘Ranger and Leopard’ has won award at 2018 Gran Paradiso Film Festival in Italy. Co-directed by Fathollah Amiri and Nima Asgari, the film took home Gran Paradiso National Park Award which is 1500 Euros. The film shows a park ranger who is devoted to his job and the environment. His name is Mohammad-Reza Halvani. Although, there is no documented record of leopards ling in his region, he receives some suspicious reports of presence of leopards. The documented […]

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MehrNews: ‘Ranger and Leopard’ wins top prize at Italy’s Gran Paradiso

‘Ranger and Leopard’ is a wildlife documentary about a hard-working ranger, Halvani, who hears about the presence of a Persian Leopard in the area under his protection in Isfahan in central Iran. But nobody has spotted any Persian leopard there for about forty years. Halvani suspects that there are traces of Persian leopard, but he faces a lot of problems on his adventure to find the leopard. The Iranian documentary has previously won the Special Jury Award at Japan’s Green […]

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