The Fish and I is an Iranian short film directed, written and acted by Babak Habibifar that recounts the story of a blind man trying to save his fish. The film, screened at the 2015 Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival (Young Audience Program), has won several international honors:
- Young Jurors Prize; 20min|max Internationales Short Film Festival Ingolstadt, Germany (June, 2015)
- Special Audience Award; 12th CLAM International Film Festival of Solidarity in Navarcles, Spain (May, 2015)
- Best Short Film; 6th Skepto International Film Festival in Cagliari, Italy (April, 2015)
- Honorable Mention; 11th Rengo International Film Festival, Rengo, Chile (February 2015)
- Special Jury Mention, Young Jury Prize for the Best International Short Film and Mediterranean Diet Award (a cash prize dedicated by a Spanish Institution); 16th International Short Film Festival “City of Soria” in Soria, Spain (November, 2014)
- Jury Grand Prize and Audience Award; Short Short Story Film Festival in Providence, USA (November, 2014)
- Most Original Film; Uhvati Film Festival in Novi Sad, Serbia (September, 2014)
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