Tehran International Short Film Festival

Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) is a film festival held in Tehran every year in October with a focus on short films.

Tehran International Short Film Festival
LocationTehran
Founded1983
LanguagePersian
Websitewww.tisff.ir

The festival was founded in 1983.[1][2] From 2020 it is a qualifying festival for the Academy Awards® (Oscars)[3] and winner of the Grand Prix becomes eligible for the Oscar® consideration.

History edit

TISFF started as a special section in the Fajr International Film Festival entitled "8mm and 16mm films” in the years 1979 to 1982.[4]

39th Edition edit

The 39th Edition of TISFF will be held between 19 and 24 October in Tehran, Iran.

Awards edit

37th Tehran International Short Film Festival (Jan 2021)[5] edit

National Competition:

  • Best Fiction: Winged White Horse, by Mahyar Mandegar
  • Best Experimental Film: Adapt, by Kamal Kachouian
  • Best Documentary: Khoonyar Children, by Arman Gholipour Dashtaki
  • Best Animation: Red Fire, by Mona Abdullah Shahi

International Competition:

  • Best Fiction: Da Yie, by Anthony Nti
  • Best Experimental Film: No Award
  • Best Documentary: Kak Iraj, by Jamshid Farajvand
  • Best Animation: Candela, by Marc Riba and Anna Solanas

36th Tehran International Short Film Festival (Nov 2019)[6] edit

National Competition:

  • Best Fiction: Aziz, by Seyyed Mehdi Musavi Barzoki
  • Best Experimental Film: When A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers after 154 years would get tired, by Shahriar Hanife
  • Best Documentary: Where the wind blows, by Mina Mashhadi Mahdi
  • Best Animation: Tangle, by Maliheh Gholamzadeh

International Competition:

  • Best Fiction: Super Comfort, by Kirsikka Saari
  • Best Experimental Film: Places, by Claudia Barral Magaz
  • Best Documentary: Histories of Wolves, by Agnes Meng
  • Best Animation: Untravel, by Nikola Majdak Jr. and Ana Nedeljkovic

28th Tehran International Short Film Festival (Nov 2011) [7] edit

National Competition:

  • Best Fiction: Bitter Milk, by Nasser Zamiri
  • Best Experimental Film: Delete, by Kazem Mollaie
  • Best Documentary: Charkh Nan, by Hossein Nazari
  • Best Animation: Kimiagar, by Mehdi Khorramyan

International Competition:

  • Best Fiction: Barbakan, by Bartlomiej Zmuda and Bitter Milk, by Nasser Zamiri
  • Best Experimental Film: Planet Z, by Momoko Seto
  • Best Documentary: I'm Going to Disneyland', by Antoine Blandin
  • Best Animation: El Niño Miguel, by Nacho Martín
  • Audience Award: Delete, by Kazem Mollaie

26th Tehran International Short Film Festival (Nov 2009)[8] edit

National Competition:

  • Best Fiction: Tamame Vasaele Shakhsie Man Jabeja Shode, by Houman Seyyedi
  • Best Experimental Film: Minus, by Kazem Mollaie
  • Best Documentary: Morghe Sahar, by Mehdi Bagheri
  • Best Animation: Gorgo Mish, by Mohammad Ali Soleymanzadeh

International Competition:

  • Best Fiction: The Last Regal King Size, by Simon Hipkins
  • Best Experimental Film: Minus, by Kazem Mollaie
  • Best Documentary: What's your name, by Georges Salameh
  • Best Animation: Face, by Frank Kako

References edit

  1. ^ "Tehran International Short Film Festival". Mehr News Agency.
  2. ^ "About us". Tehran international short film festival.
  3. ^ "Tehran short film fest opens, with shot at Oscars for first time". France 24. 2021-10-20. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  4. ^ "Tehran international short film festival". Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  5. ^ "Tehran International Short Film Festival winners introduced". Mehr News Agency. 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  6. ^ "36th Tehran International Short Film Festival announces winners". www.filmfestivals.com. 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  7. ^ "Iranian, Polish films share top award at Tehran festival". www.shortfilmnews.com.
  8. ^ "26th TFestival 2009". www.tisff.ir.

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