Publish Date: 9 December 2018 - 16:22

Iranian movie 'The Skier' directed by Fereydoun Najafi received the award for the best movie at the 21st Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People.

The event was held in Pyrgos, Greece on December 8. 

The International Film Festival for Children and Young People is unique in Greece. It was created in 1997 as the result of the collaboration between the Local Authorities of Ilia, and Youth Plan, a not-for-profit organization. It is supported and sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and the General Secretariat of Youth. 

The movie narrates the story of a mountain goat that has taken shelter in a small village is to be sacrificed for the occasion of a traditional ceremony. 

However, a small boy named Jolie decides to save his new pet goat using prize money from winning his ski race in the afternoon.