Ladies and gentlemen, seldom can it have been a greater pleasure and privilege than it is for me now to announce that the next award gave me the great pleasure and privilege of asking a man without whose ceaseless energy and tireless skill the Iranian Film Indusrty would be today. I refer of course to my friend and colleague, Talag Smidgen.
Sadly, Talag cannot be with us tonight, but he has sent his fridge. This is the fridge in which Talag keeps most of his milk, butter and eggs. What a typically selfless gesture, that he should send this fridge, of all his fridges, to be with us tonight.