''Street Sultans'' is a
Documentary about
parkour
Parkour () is an athletic training discipline or sport in which practitioners (called ''traceurs'') attempt to get from point A to point B in the fastest and most efficient way possible, without assisting equipment and often while performing a ...
in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
.
Story
There are several young people who were the pioneer of a dangerous street sport:
Parkour
Parkour () is an athletic training discipline or sport in which practitioners (called ''traceurs'') attempt to get from point A to point B in the fastest and most efficient way possible, without assisting equipment and often while performing a ...
. The sport is derived from modern cultural society. They are trying to hold a festival in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
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National awards
*Won “Special Award For The Best Film” from Iranian Critics and Writers Association, 2010
*Won “Best Semi-Long Film” Award from Independent “Image of the Year” Festival, 2010
*Won “Best Director” Award in Semi-Long Documentary section at “City” International Film Festival, 2011
*Won “Best Semi-Long Documentary Film” Award from “Iranian Cinema Ceremony“ at Iranian House Of Cinema 2011.
International awards and screening
*Won “Best Film” Award at Six Weeks of Iranian Art, Canadian Film Festival 2012
*Earned “Certificate of Achievement” at Canada's 2nd Iranian Film Festival 2010
*Film Screening at Online Women Filmmakers (of Iran) Uppsala Film Festival, Sweden 2012
*Film Screening at DHfest film festival in Mexico city, 2014
*Film Screening at Cinéma(s) D’Iran 2014
*Film Screening at UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema, U.S.A 2013
*Participated at Media Wave Film Festival, Hungary 2013
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Street Sultans IMDB
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Iranian documentary films
Parkour
Films set in Tehran
Sport in Iran
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