Film Festival
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‘Reza’ goes to France’s Belfort Filmfest.
TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (MNA) – Alireza Motamedi’s debut feature ‘Reza’ will be screened at the 33rd Entrevues Belfort film festival in France.
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By: Mohammad Moheimani
Closing Ceremony of 35th Tehran Short Filmfest.
TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (MNA) – The curtains fell for the 35th Tehran International Short Film Festival on Tuesday night, and winners in various categories received their awards.
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35th Tehran Intl. Short Filmfest. names winners
TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (MNA) – The 35th Tehran International Short Film Festival announced the winners during the closing ceremony on Tue. night, with the Grand Prix of the festival going to ‘In Between’ by Aliyar Rasti.
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Audience top 5 picks on 4th day of 35th Tehran Short Filmfest.
TEHRAN, Nov. 13 (MNA) – The Iranian Short Film Association PR department has announced the audience top five picks on the fourth day of 35th Tehran Intl. Short Film Festival.
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Turkey’s Malatya Filmfest. hosts 7 Iranian titles
TEHRAN, Nov. 13 (MNA) – Seven Iranian films, including fiction-feature ‘Orange Days’ by Arash Lahooti and short animation ‘AniMal’ by Bahram Ark, have made it into the screening program of 8th Malatya International Film Festival (MIFF) in Turkey.
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‘Bystander’ goes to 29th Istanbul Short Film Festival
TEHRAN, Nov. 13 (MNA) – Iranian short animation ‘Bystander’ directed by Sheyda Kashi has made it into the screening program of 29th Istanbul International Short Film Festival in Turkey.
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Audience top 5 picks on 3rd day of 35th Tehran Short Filmfest.
TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – The Iranian Short Film Association PR department has announced the audience top five picks on the third day of 35th Tehran Intl. Short Film Festival.
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Tehran Short Filmfest. names juries of intl. competition section
TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – The 35th Tehran International Short Film Festival has announced the members of the jury panel for the international competition section.
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By: Marjohn Sheikhi
The short film appeal; a roundup of 35th Tehran Intl. Short Film Festival
TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – A successful short film in Iran, which can appeal to the not-so-easily impressed taste of Iranian audience, seems to be built around a ‘punchline’, which serves as a figurative punch to the gut. If there's no punchline, then technique needs to come to the rescue; otherwise, the audience is left wondering about the whole point of the film.
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‘Dressage’ goes to Spain’s Cineuropa Filmfest.
TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – Iranian feature ‘Dressage’ directed by Pouya Badkoubeh will be screened in the competition section of 32nd Cineuropa Film Festival in Spain.
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Audience top 5 picks at 35th Tehran Short Filmfest.
TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (MNA) – The Iranian Short Film Association PR department has announced the audience top five picks on the second day of 35th Tehran Intl. Short Film Festival.
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Iranian filmmaker joins juries at Zinebi filmfest. of Bilbao
TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (MNA) – Iranian filmmaker Ghasideh Golmakani has joined the jury panel at the 60th Zinebi International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao in Spain.
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Tehran Intl. Short Filmfest. launches market access section
TEHRAN, Nov. 10 (MNA) – A market access section has been started on the second day of the Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) which is underway in the Iranian capital until Nov. 13.
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‘Yeva’ receives 3 nominations at US’ Arpa Filmfest.
TEHRAN, Nov. 10 (MNA) – The feature movie 'Yeva', written and directed by Iranian-Armenian Anahid Abad, has received three nominations at 21st Arpa International Film Festival (AIFF) in the United States.
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‘Return’ goes to Jordan’s Karama Filmfest.
TEHRAN, Nov. 10 (MNA) – Iranian short ‘Return’ directed by Shahriar Pourseyedian has been accepted into the competition section of 9th Karama Human Rights Film Festival in Jordan.
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‘Orange Days’ takes part in Rome’s MedFilm Festival
TEHRAN, Nov. 9 (MNA) – Iranian fiction-feature ‘Orange Days’ directed by Arash Lahooti is taking part in the 24th edition of MedFilm Festival in the Italian metropolitan city of Rome.
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Iranian short ‘Manicure’ wins at Rio de Janeiro Filmfest.
TEHRAN, Nov. 9 (MNA) – Iranian short ‘Manicure’, directed by Arman Fayyaz, has won the Special Jury Prize at the International Short Film Festival 2018 held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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‘With Me’ accepted into 3 film festivals in US
TEHRAN, Nov. 06 (MNA) – Iranian short ‘With Me’ directed by Azadeh Ghochagh has been accepted into the screening programs of three American film festivals in November.
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‘Orange Days’ goes to Germany’s Mannheim filmfest.
TEHRAN, Nov. 06 (MNA) – Iranian fiction-feature ‘Orange Days’ directed by Arash Lahooti has been accepted into the main competition program of 67th Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival in Germany.
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‘The Role’ to make intl. premiere at Albania’s Oscar-affiliated festival
TEHRAN, Nov. 06 (MNA) – Iranian short ‘The Role’ directed by Farnoosh Samadi has been accepted into the competition program of 16th Tirana International Film Festival in Albania.
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2 Iranian titles go to Armenia’s children filmfest.
TEHRAN, Nov. 05 (MNA) – Two Iranian films, ‘Wild Jonquils’ by Rahbar Ghanbari and ‘Yeva’ by Anahid Abad, have been accepted into the competition program of 14th Rolan - International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Armenia.
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Maadi wins Best Director for ‘Bomb, A Love Story’ at Bosphorus Filmfest.
TEHRAN, Nov. 04 (MNA) – Iranian director Payman Maadi won the Best Director Award for his feature ‘Bomb, A Love Story’ at the 6th International Bosphorus Film Festival in Istanbul, Turkey.
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'Yeva' goes to Germany's FilmFestival Cottbus
TEHRAN, Nov. 04 (MNA) – The feature movie 'Yeva', written and directed by Iranian-Armenian Anahid Abad, has been accepted into the Spectrum section of 28th FilmFestival Cottbus in Germany.
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3 Iranian shorts to vie at Spain’s IKUSKA filmfest.
TEHRAN, Nov. 04 (MNA) – Three Iranian short films, including highly-praised ‘Retouch’ by Kaveh Mazaheri, have been accepted into the main competition section of 20th International Short Film Show of the Bay of Pasaia (IKUSKA 2018) in Spain.
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Asian Filmfest. Barcelona to screen 8 Iranian films
TEHRAN, Nov. 03 (MNA) – Eight Iranian films, including ‘Lina’ by Ramin Rasouli and ‘Mothering’ by Roghiye Tavakoli, have made it into the screening program of the 6th Asian Film Festival Barcelona (AFFBCN) in Spain.
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Iran’s ‘Blue Sky, Clean Earth’ wins at Beijing Film Academy
TEHRAN, Nov. 03 (MNA) – Iranian short ‘Blue Sky, Clean Earth’, by Mahyar Mandegar has won the Outstanding Asian Student Film Award at the 17th International Student Film and Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy in China.
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‘Bystander’ wins at Russia’s Vladimir filmfest.
TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) – Iranian short animation ‘Bystander’ directed by Sheyda Kashi has received an honorary mention at the 4th Vladimir Film Festival in Russia.
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‘Run, Rostam, Run’ wins at 2 intl. film festivals
TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (MNA) – Iranian short animated piece ‘Run, Rostam, Run’ by Hossein Molayemi has won two Best Animation awards at Turkey’s Architecture and Urban Films Festival and Visioni Corte Short Film Festival in Italy.
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‘Life without Life’ wins 2 awards at Duhok Filmfest.
TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (MNA) – Iranian drama ‘Life without Life’ written and directed by Kaveh Moeinfar has snatched two main awards at the Kurdish Cinema Competition of 2018 Duhok International Film Festival in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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‘Bitter Sea’ selected as semi-finalist at BIFA
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) – Short film ‘Bitter Sea’ by Iranian filmmaker Fateme Ahmadi has made it into the semi-finalist list for Best British Short Film consideration at the 21st British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) in United Kingdom.