"The Last of the Whale Shark" Wins Special Jury Award at the First Shanghai Cooperation Organization Film Festival
News July 8, 2025
At the inaugural Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Film Festival, held from July 2nd to 7th in Yongchuan, China-following the BRICS Summit and the first Asian Countries Forum-the Iranian documentary "The Last of the Whale Shark", directed by Ramtin Balouf, was honored with...
According to the public relations of the Farabi Cinema Foundation, two Iranian films—"The Orange Forest", directed by Arman Khansarian, and the documentary "The Last of the Whale Shark" by Ramtin Balouf—were selected to compete in the festival's main competition section. Additionally, two other Iranian films—"No Prior Appointment", directed by Behrouz Shoeibi, and "In the Arms of the Tree", by Babak Khajeh-Pasha—were featured in the non-competitive section.
