Castle of Dreams a favorite at Shanghai International Film Festival

The Iranian film Castle of Dreams was the big winner at the 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival, winning for best actor, best director and best feature film at the awards ceremony in Shanghai Grand Theatre on Sunday night.

Iranian director Reza Mirkarimi spoke in Persian of his gratitude for the audiences of Shanghai and the festival, chairman of the jury, Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and everyone who helped him in his film career.

Castle of Dreams tells the story of a father who comes back to his children after long years of absence. He has to take his son and daughter away from their mother who is terminally ill at the hospital. Though reluctant, he still tries every means to fulfill the children's fantasy of building a dream castle that was drawn by their mother.