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Brillante Mendoza's film Lola garnered two Crystal Simorghs earlier this week in Iran, at the 29th Fajr Film Festival.

The Fajr Film Festival is held each year to commemorate the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

According to the Tehran Times, Lola won Best Film, and its leads Anita Linda and Rustica Carpio shared the Best Actress Award.

The film also won the Grand Knight Award last year in the 27th Miami International Film Festival, among other awards it received in 2009 and 2010.

Lola was entered in the "International Cinema" category of the Fajr Film Festival instead of "Asian Cinema", having been credited as a joint French and Philippine production.

The Fajr Film Festival, which started on February 5, will run until February 15 in Tehran.

Awardees (Source here)

International Competition

• Best Film: Lola
• Best Actress: Anita Linda and Rustica Carpio

Iranian Competition

• Inter-Religious Section Best Film: Golchehreh
• The Golden Flag Award (Beiraq Talaii): Alzheimer
• Best Technical and Artistic Achievement Award: Parvin Safari, Maritime Silk Road
• Best Cinematography: Bahram Badakhshani, Maritime Silk Road

Asian Competition

• Special Jury Award: The One Man Village (Lebanon)
• Best Screenplay: My Mongolian Mother (China)
• Best Director: Liu Jie, Deep in the Clouds (China)

• Human Rights Award: 33 Day (Iran/Lebanon)

Jaam-e Jahan-Nama Section Awards

• Best Director: Dariush Mehrjuii, Beloved Sky (Iran)
• Best Cinematography: How I Ended This Summer (Russia)
• Jury Special Award: The Opposite Mirrors

Lola (2009) credits:

• Director: Brillante Mendoza
• Producer: Ferdinand Lapuz
• Screenwriter: Linda Casimiro
• Photography: Odyssey Flores
• Editor: Kats Serraon
• Music: Teresa Barrozo
• Sound Recorder: Albert Michael Idioma, Addiss Tabong
• Cast: Anita Linda, Rustica Carpio, Tanya Gomez, Jhong Hilario