Art and Experience: The jury of the 9th California Women’s Film Festival awarded the best film award to “A Poetess.”
The festival, which runs from January 7th to 9th in Hollywood, California, is dedicated to the work of filmmakers whose story revolves around a female character or is one of the main elements of a female project.
The short film “A Poetess” written by Sahra Fathi and directed by Saeed Dashti and Sahra Fathi won the award for best foreign film at the festival.
Earlier, Sahra Fathi won the Best Actress Award at the Mumbai Short Film Festival for this film.

Amir Jafari, Sahra Fathi, Linda Kiani and Nima Shabannejad are the stars of this film.

This work was produced by Pacific United Productions Vancouver Canada and Diyar Company with the investment of Dr. Amir Houshang Hashemi and also Mehdi Kamalpour was the successor of this work.

Film cast :
Director of Photography: Behrooz Badrouj
Sound director: Kamran Kian Ersi
Edited by: Emad Khodabakhsh
Sound design and composition: Arezoo Zamanian
Color and light correction: Yahya Mohammad Ali
Stage designer: Massoud Saqlatunnia
Makeup Designer: Tohid Khodaparast
Graphic designer: Karang Tayari
Costume designer: Nadia Hesam
First Assistant Director: Mohammad Ismailzadeh
Planner: Zahed Barzegar
Stage Secretary: Donya Sohrabi
Photographer: Reza Hosseini
Music: Mehrnam Rastegari
Field Special Effects: Rasuol Kohansal
Stage group: Atta Namjofar, Mehdi Mansour Khaki, Iman Agha Beigi
Procurement Manager: Vahid Lotfi
Production Manager: Ali Barangi, Saleh Shadmani
Moderator: Youth Cinema Association, Alborz Office
The international distribution of this film is the responsibility of Minerva Film, directed by Elaheh Godarzi.