Short Film News (SFN)- Iran's 4th Cinema Verite International Documentary Film Festival has announced winners during a ceremony held in the capital city of Tehran.

Iranian filmmaker Siavash Sarmadi won the event's Best Film Award for his political documentary Searching for Reality.

The festival's Best Film Award in the international section went to French director Nicolas Philibert's Nenette.

Veteran filmmakers Morteza Sha'bani and Khosrow Sinai were also honored with lifetime achievement awards during the event's closing ceremony.

Other national section award winners of this year's festival are as follows:

Best Short Film: Live Desert, Hossein Safi

Best Mid-length Film: Ariobarzanes, Khosrow Heidari

Best Cinematographer: Hossein Safi for Snails

Best Editor: Bahareh Khorrami and Roya Majdnia for Dim Room, Twilit Window

Best Narrator: Shahram Derakhshan for The People Who Have Everything, Everything

Best Sound Effects: Akbar Ebrahimi for Live Desert

Iran's 2010 Cinema Verite International Documentary Film Festival was held from November 7 to 12 on the theme of 'Reality for All.'

The event screened films from Turkey, Sweden, Canada, the US, Argentina, France, Germany, China and Brazil among many others.