‘A Separation’ Named Best 2011 Film

Cultural Heritage News: The Wall Street Journal has selected Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi’s award-sweeper production A Separation as the best film of the year.

The paper described the family drama as “a world-class masterpiece” and a “surprise in many ways.”

The movie has been recently nominated for the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards, entering the festival’s Best Foreign Language Film line-up.

Farhadi’s latest production also won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association’s 2011 Screenplay Award.

The international film magazine, Sight and Sound recently announced Farhadi’s Separation as the second best film of the year 2011.

The critically-acclaimed movie has entered the Best Foreign film line-up of the International Press Academy (IPA) Satellite Awards. The 2011 New York Film Critics Circle also granted its Best Foreign Film award to A Separation.

The New York Times has predicted that Farhadi’s film will win the 2012 Best Foreign Film Oscar.

The movie also won the best film honor of the 2011 Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), the Golden Bear Award of the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival as well as the event’s Silver Bears for the entire male and female cast ensemble.

The Golden Arena prize of Croatia’s 2011 Pula Film Festival, and the Best Feature Film and the Best Screenplay awards of the 32nd Durban International Film Festival are among the film’s other international honors.