Rafi Pitts Articles

2007 Palm Springs Film Festival Awards 2007 Palm Springs Film Festival: January 4-15, 2007 2007 Palm Springs Film Festival Winners     FIPRESCI Award Winner – Best Foreign Language Film of the Year: El laberinto del fauno / Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico / Spain / U.S.) directed by Guillermo del Toro   New Voices New Visions Grand Jury Prize: Zemestan / It's Winter (Iran) directed by [...]

The 2007 Palm Springs Film Festival has announced its jury and audience winners. The New Voices New Visions Grand Jury Prize was given to Rafi Pitts' Iranian drama It's Winter, the story of a woman left behind in a small Iranian town after her husband travels abroad looking for work. The Special Jury Prize went to Verónica Chen's Agua, an Argentinean drama about two swimmers [...]