Tied with Blissfully Yours (2002).

Tied with La femme d'eau (2002).

Festival title: Rana's Wedding.

For the acting.

For the humorous way of narrating a dramatic story with a brilliant command of all film devices. Tied with _Dyskoloi apohairetismoi: O babas mou (2002)_.

For its acute symbiosis of daily routine and metaphorical sense of life. Tied with Cendres et cachotteries (2002).

For its visual effectiveness in showing a new perspective of the condition of women in Iranian society.

For dealing with the subject of loss with a complex, infiltrating and direct manner combining her immaculately processed screenplay with cinematic finesse.

Unanimously.