Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) is a film festival held in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
every year in October with a focus on
short films
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...
.
The festival was founded in 1983. From 2020 it is a qualifying festival for the
Academy Awards® (Oscars) and winner of the Grand Prix becomes eligible for the Oscar® consideration.
History
TISFF started as a special section in the
Fajr International Film Festival
Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بینالمللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; fa, جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. T ...
entitled "
8mm and
16mm
16 mm film is a historically popular and economical gauge of film. 16 mm refers to the width of the film (about inch); other common film gauges include 8 and 35 mm. It is generally used for non-theatrical (e.g., industrial, educ ...
films” in the years 1979 to 1982.
39th Edition
The 39th Edition of TISFF will be held between 19 and 24 October in Tehran, Iran.
Awards
37th Tehran International Short Film Festival (Jan 2021)
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)
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
Kirsikka Saari, (born in 1973) in Helsinki, is a Finnish film maker and screenwriter.
Saari and fellow producer Selma Vilhunen are nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Fil ...
''
* 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)
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)
National Competition:
* Best Fiction: ''Tamame Vasaele Shakhsie Man Jabeja Shode'', by ''
Houman Seyyedi
Houman Seyyedi ( fa, هومن سيدی , born November 29, 1980) is an Iranian actor, director, screenwriter and editor. He has received various accolades, including six Crystal Simorghs–making him the only director to have three wins in Spec ...
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* 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
External links
Official Website
Film festivals in Iran
Iranian film awards
Awards established in 1983
1983 establishments in Iran
Annual events in Iran
Film festivals established in 1983
Short film festivals
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