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Rhino Season
2012
· Movie
· 88 min
C
MEANRANK
65/100
Every rating
63–66
out of 100
Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of finding his wife, who thinks he's been dead for over twenty years.
Details
- Director
- Bahman Ghobadi
- Writer
- Bahman Ghobadi
- Studio
- Mij Film, BKM Film, Elmalma Marka Iletisim, BKM
- Released
- 25 October 2012
- Country
- Iran, Iraq, Turkey
- Language
- Persian
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Awards
- 5 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 11 →5 wins from 11 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2012 | Achievement in Cinematography | Turaj Aslani | Winner |
| Asian Film Awards 2012 | Best Cinematographer | Turaj Aslani | Winner |
| Asian Film Awards 2012 | Best Editor | Valérie Loiseleux | Nominee |
| Asian Film Awards 2012 | Best Production Designer | Bahman Ghobadi | Winner |
| Camerimage 2012 | Golden Frog | Turaj Aslani | Nominee |
| Camerimage 2012 | Bronze Frog | Turaj Aslani | Winner |
| Chicago International Film Festival 2012 | Gold Hugo for Best International Feature | Bahman Ghobadi | Nominee |
| Cinema Bloggers Awards, Portugal 2012 | Best Asian Film | Bahman Ghobadi, Iran | Nominee |
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11 awards — Rhino Season
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Asian Film Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematographer | Turaj Aslani | Winner |
| Best Production Designer | Bahman Ghobadi | Winner |
| Best Editor | Valérie Loiseleux | Nominee |
Camerimage
2 nominations, 1 won
| Bronze Frog | Turaj Aslani | Winner |
| Golden Frog | Turaj Aslani | Nominee |
San Sebastián International Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Prize of the Jury for Best Cinematography | Turaj Aslani | Winner |
| Golden Seashell | Bahman Ghobadi | Nominee |
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Achievement in Cinematography | Turaj Aslani | Winner |
Chicago International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Gold Hugo for Best International Feature | Bahman Ghobadi | Nominee |
Cinema Bloggers Awards, Portugal
1 nomination
| Best Asian Film | Bahman Ghobadi, Iran | Nominee |
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
1 nomination
| Grand Prize | Bahman Ghobadi | Nominee |