2009 Awards for THE STONING OF SORAYA M.

Besides the 2008 Toronto Film Festival runnerup (behind SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE) and the LA FILM FESTIVAL2009 award for Best Narrative Feature, THE STONING OF SORAYA M. was also recently cited as the reason for Shohreh Aghdashloo to be honored for a Humanitarian Award by WIFTS, the Women’s International Film and Television Showcase on December 4, 2009 in Los Angeles. Also, Ms. Aghdashloo was honored by the International Press Academy, receiving the Satellite Award for Best Actress, Drama, 2009. Director Cyrus Nowrasteh accepted on Ms. Aghdashloo’s behalf. THE STONING OF SORAYA M. was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Drama (Mozhan Marno) and for Best Film, Drama, and chosen as one of the top ten films of 2009!