The eighth international festival of sports films of Tehran opened on the evening of 4 mizan 1389 in the National Olympics Academy of Iran.
In the international section of the festival, Afghan filmmaker Syed Ali Kazimi's 'Towards Pride' was nominated from Afghanistan for among winning films. He got an honarary diploma for that work and a gold coin.
The documentary shows Afghanistan's way into the Olympics 2008 in which Afghanistan for the first time tastes playing on the international stage.
Mr Kazimi, who is also a known sports reporter and presenter of sports program on a private Afghan TV, was the first Afghan journalist attending the Olympics 2008.
Out of 94 films reviewed by the festival team, 37 of them were selected as winners of different awards in both national and international film sections.
Iraq, Lebanon, Malaysia, Tajikistan, Croatia, Sweden, Singapore, Germany, Russia, Belgium, France and Qatar were also given honorary awards for the films presented by filmmakers of these countries.