The 33rd TISFF poster was designed in memory of the late Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami. Farkhondehkish the festival director of 33rd TISFF mentioned that in last year’s festival there was a section dedicated to Abbas Kiarostami’s student’s works and the festival was planning to have a special tribute to Abbas Kiarostami but TISFF was deprived of his presence by his sudden death. Farkhondekish suggested to have the image of Kiarostami on the poster of 33rd TISFF in his memory and…

Five Iranian short films entered the International Competition and Asian Countries section. Three films entered the International Competition section: “Hasti” directed by Kamal Parnak, “Not yet” directed by Arian Vazirdaftar and “The Switchman” directed by Mahdi Khorramian. And the two following short films entered the Asian Countries competition: “Kach” by Mehrdad Hasani and “Pale Mirrors” by Salem Salavati.   These five films were chosen from the previous selection of 71 films from 34 countries for International Competition and 12 films…

A group of Iraqi filmmakers and film festival managers will come to Tehran to participate in 33rd Tehran International Short Film Festival. Heidar Jelokhan executive manager of Alnahj film festival, Hosnain Omran director manager of Alnahj film festival, Baqer Alrabiei film director, Wassab Alaskar TV and cinema director, Sa’d Alasami filmmaker in Karbala satellite channel will be the guests of TISFF.   “Past” directed by Wassab Alaskar, “Picture” directed by Baqer Alrabiei and “Eat Seller” directed by Sa’d Alasami are…

For the first time an advisory group was replaced with the selection team for choosing the films in Tehran International Short Film Festival. The advisory group members are professional short film critiques and filmmakers which announced their comments and points individually and separately to the TISFF secretariat. The advisory group has twenty members: Mohsen Aghalor, Mojtaba Amini, Mahdi Boostani, Mohammadreza Beheshti Monfared, Hamid Bahmani, Roghaye Tavakoli, Saeid Tavakolian, Mohammad Sadegh Jafari, Arash Rasafi, Zohre Zamani, Parisa Sasani, Amir Saharkhiz, Ravanbakhsh…

Farid Farkhondehkish director of TISFF signed a joint cooperation agreement with Safar Haqvodof secretary of Didar International Film Festival in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The main point of this agreement is to produce joint films based on common cultural heritage of both countries. Short film, its professional role and cultural cooperation between Iran and Tajikistan was discussed during this meeting in Dushanbe.   The 7th Didar International Film Festival was held in Dushanbe 12-16 October.

Akbar Alemi Born in 1945, Ahvaz Associate Professor of Cinema & TV – Author and Film Critic in TV. Director & Writer of many documentaries in different versions. Professional Photographer. Member of the juries at international festivals. Mohammad Reza Honarmand Born: 1953/ Tehran   Education: Telecommunications Engineering, Naval College, as well as Honorary Art Degree Works: Films including “Badger”, “The Bells”, “Footprints on the Sand”, “The Visit”, “Thief of Dolls”, “The Wrong Man”, “The Mummy 3”, “Baby I’m not Cook”,…

Khosro Sinaei Khosrow Sinai (born 1941, Sari) studied architecture at the Technical University in Vienna and simultaneously music composition at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. After that, he began to study filmmaking at the same academy. In 1967, he graduated in film and TV directing and scriptwriting. Then, he returned to Iran and started his activities at the Ministry of Culture and Arts as a filmmaker and at National Iranian TV as a scriptwriter, director, film music composer…

“The Name of the Day” Director: Marcello Quintella e Boynard Country: Brazil Recognition: Marcello Quintella e Boynard, a 48 years-old brazilian screenwriter, directed his first short film in 2010, “Besieged” (Sitiados), that was selected in nearly 50 film festivals around the world and won two best movie prizes, including the audience award winner in the Can-Con Movie Festival – Corto Tokio 2010. In 2011, he created his own company, Fata Morgana Films, with which produced “Hooji”, film that received, until…

“Guide – The love for A Horse” Director: Börje Peratt Country: Sweden Recognition: Börje Peratt Swedish producer, director, writer and composer born in Stockholm, Sweden 1949. Early Career in Swedish Public Broadcast Radio (SR) and Swedish Public Broadcast TV (SVT). He is CEO in three companies Manus AV-produktion AB (Media since 1977), Visam AB (Education and publisher since 1986), Draupner Film AB (Owner of film rights “Land of Wooden Gods”). Companies located in Stockholm and Chairman in two organizations; CULTNET…

“Du Plomb Dans La Tête” Director: Aurore Peuffier Country: France Recognition: Aurore Peuffier is a young director born in Paris. She followed the curriculum of ENSAD in animation section which led her to operate with different techniques. Peuffier is her first produced film. Selections and Awards: Selections: Festival du Film Court en Plein Air (France – 2016) Guanajuato Film Festiva (Mexico – 2016) Festival International de Cinéma d’Animation (Morocco – 2016) Festival Premiers Plans (France – 2016) Stuttgart International Festival…

“The Silence” Director: Farnoosh Samadi, Ali Asgari Country: Italy Recognitions: Ali Asgari: Ali Asgari was born in Tehran, Iran. He is a graduated of cinema in Italy and began his career as an assistant director. He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talent Campus 2013 and His short film “More Than Two Hours” was in competition at Festival De Cannes 2013 and Sundance Film festival 2014. His short film “The Baby” was premiered in competition of Venice Film Festival 2014. “The Silence”…

“Erlking” Director: Georges Schwizgebel Country: Switzerland Recognition: Georges Schwizgebel was born in Reconvilier in 1944 and lives in Geneva. After studying at the School of Decorative Arts in Geneva, graphic section, He discovered animation as his favorite. In 1970, he founded the Studio GDS with Claude Luyet and Daniel Suter. Filmography: Erlking – 2015 (Awarded in Gdynia Film Festival of Poland) Romance – 2011 Alterations – 2008 GAME – 2006 Hollow Man – 2004 The girl and clouds – 2000…

“Birds of Prey” Director: Aude Verbiguié Country: Belgium Recognition: Aude Verbiguié was born on 1 February 1986 in Toulouse. After a preparatory class in art history and theatre and a cinema license at the Sorbonne, she began her Achievement curriculum at IAD (Institute of Arts Diffusion) in Belgium in 2008. In 2012, she directed a documentary about two farmers in her region, in Ariege. It was inspired by what she saw and heard during the shooting of her graduates that…

“The Whisper of Silence” Director: Valène De Valck Country: Belgium   Recognition: Valène De Valck, 27, has been graduated in Communication, she completed a postgraduate Master of Arts in Cinematography at ULB (Brussels). In 2012, she pursues her curriculum with a Bachelor Degree in Audiovisual Techniques at HELB, in order to get additional skills. In 2015, she writes and produces her first short film, The Whisper of Silence, with her brother Kelian.  She’s working now as a production assistant for Belgian…

“Liar” Director: Maciej Wiktor Country: Poland Recognition: Maciej Wiktor was born in 1983. He is a graduate of Psychology at the University of Gdansk. Studied filmmaking at NTNU in Norway and also directs in theatre. Selections and Awards: Selections: International Festival-Workshop of Film Schools “Kinoproba” (Russia – 2015) Independent Days Filmfest (Germany – 2016) MIFEC – Mostra Internacional de Filmes de Escolas de Cinema (Portugal – 2016) Gdynia Film Festival (Poland – 2015)  

“Joint – Tenants” Director: Delphine Priet-Mahéo Country: France Recognition: Delphine Priet-Mahéo was born in 1980 in Rennes and studied at University of Rennes 2 where she obtained a Master of Arts in 2004. Since 2002 she is involved in various artistic activities such as illustration and publishing and also participates in group exhibitions. Priet-Mahéo produces stop motion films including his first professional film ‘Tea and Wafers’ produced by JPL Films in 2012.  Filmography: 2015 Joint – Tenants 2012 Tea and…

“Ma Reine” Director: Tim Verhaegen Country: Belgium Recognition: Tim Verhaegen is a Belgian film director born in Bornem, 1987. In 2011 he enrolled at The School of Arts Ghent and finished his master project at the same institute in 2015. Filmography: – Phobos (2011) – Echthra (2012) – Azafran K (2012) – Untitled (2013) – Sophie (2014) – Ma Reine (2015)  

“Anglers” Director: Yoann Garel Country: France Selections and Awards: Selections: Nightpiece Film Festival (UK – 2016) Hell’s Half Mile Film & Music Festival (France – 2016)

“Marie Madeleine” Director: Steve Catieau Country: France Selections and Awards: Selections: Lisbon International Film Festival (Portugal – 2016) Cinéfest Oz Film Festival (Australia – 2016) Roma Cinemadon Film Festival (Italy – 2016) Festival Les Heraults du Cinema (France – 2016) Bourg en bresse Film Festival (France – 2016) Crime et mystère Film Festival (Canada – 2016) My French Film Festival (France – 2016) Festival International du Film Court d’Altkirth (France – 2016) Miami Independent Film Festival (France – 2016) Awards:…

“The Stream 6”     Director: Hiroya Sakurai Country: Japan Director’s Filmography: Video works: Sakasa, 4 min. 1982 Scramble, 4 min. 1983 Obsession, 2 min. 1985 My Prison, 4min. 1985 The Stream 1, 5min. 2011 The Stream 2, 5min. 2012 The Stream 3, 3min. 2012 The Stream 4, 6min. 2014 The Stream 5, 6min. 2014 The Stream 6, 7min. 2014 Video Installations: TV Terrorist, 1986 Legion, 1989 The Environment of M y Home, 1992 Self-Portrait, 2000 Selections & Awards: Selections: Stockholm Experimental…

“The Funeral Singer” Director: Thanh Hoang Country: Vietnam Recognition: Thanh Hoang is from Vietnam. Prior entering the MFA Film Program at City College of New York, she worked in broadcast journalism, advertising, NGOs and as an independent filmmaker. She is interested in telling stories about people who struggle because of their race, gender, class, or religion. She believes a story that possesses conflict and is deeply understood through sympathetic observation would bring into question the judgmental society crafted by mainstream…

“To The Sea” Director: Ufuk Çavu Country: Turkey Recognition: Ufuk Çavu was born in a northern city of Turkey, Trabzon. He started his university education as Electrical Engineer in Istanbul Technical University. In following years, he tried his chance on Civil Engineering education in same university. He worked as an editor in the official newspaper of the university around 6 years. After his decision to study in Cinema, he had joined Kadir Has University with a degree and finished Radio…

“Angels” Director: Neil Moriceau Country: France Recognition: Neil Moriceau works as a manager for 5 years (Hugo Cabret, Malavita, People, Ghosts). The Air of Wood, his previous film, shot in 2012, was selected in a half- dozen national festivals. After two years of work, he directed ” ANGELS “, his new film; mixing street art with cinema: “The Kid ” by Charles Chaplin, “The Lost City of Children ” by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and ” Hugo ” by Martin Scorsese; something full…

“The Wind Rises” Director: Yu-Jeong Hong Country: South Korea Selections & Awards: Selections: Film Festival for Women’s rights (Korea – 2016) Sa-ram Sa-neun Se-sang Film Festival (Korea – 2016) Great Short Film Festival (Korea – 2016) Seoul International New Media Festival (Korea – 2016) Independent Film & Video Makers’ Forum (Korea – 2016) Award: Award for Best Performance – The 2nd DMC Short Film Festival (Korea – 2016)  

“Step Forward” Director: Sanzhar Bekzhanov Country: Kazakhstan Recognition: Sanzhar Bekzhanov was born in Almaty, Kazakhstan. During his childhood he got an experience acting in Kazakh film “Troopers”. He studied in faculty Cinematography and Film/ Video Production in New York Film Academy, Los Angeles. In 2015 he graduated Bachelors Degree of Fine Arts in filmmaking. He is very interested in philosophy and psychology, and you can always see that in his films. He did a commercial for the world watch company…

“Nutag – Homeland” Director: Alisi Telengut Country: Canada Recognition: Alisi Telengut, born in 1989, is a director and animation artist currently based in Montreal. She creates animation frame by frame under the camera, with painting as the medium, to generate movement and explore hand-made and painterly visuals for her films. She is interested in the notions of visual poetry, lyrical representations of memory and experimental ethnography. Her recent films received awards at the 24th Stockholm International Film Festival, the 36th…

“Semele” Director: Myrsini Aristidou Country: Cyprus Recognition: Born in Limassol Cyprus, Myrsini is an award winning writer and director. She is currently receiving her MFA in Film Production at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, with a TSOA Scholarship. In 2013 she completed her BFA in Film and History of Art, at Pratt Institute in New York, as part of the President’s List. Her latest works include the short film Semele (2015), a short documentary shot in Argentina Ma’ (2014),…

“One Day” Director: Mototake Makishima Country: The UK Selections and Awards: Selections: Fashion Film Festival Milano (Italy – 2015) Aesthetica Short Film Festival (UK – 2015) Fashion Film Fest Istanbul (Turkey – 2015) Zealous X Film Festival (UK – 2016) Copenhagen Fashion Film Festival (Denmark – 2016) Award: Best Styling & Best Music Prize – Santiago Fashion Film Festival (Chile – 2015)

“They Call Us the Enemy” Director: Pim Zwier Country: Netherlands Recognition: Pim Zwier is an independent film maker/ artist and obtained his MFA at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam in 2003. He makes documentaries, short films and video-installations. His films balance between documentary and experimental film. The films and video-installations have been shown at festivals around the world, in exhibitions, on Television and ‘Never a Dull Moment’ (2014) was released in art house cinemas in the Netherlands. Besides being…

“Mast Qalandar” Director: Divij Roopchand Country: India   Director’s Filmography: Mast Qalandar (2015) Lifted (2014) The Unusual Client (2013) Good Morning Rupert (2013) Set in Stone (2011) A Day in the (2009)   Selections and Awards:   Selections: Kolkata International Film Festival (India – 2015) Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (United States – 2016) Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival (India – 2016) Pune Short Film Festival (India – 2016) New York Indian Film Festival (United States – 2016)   Short…

“Mouth of Hell” Director: Samir Mehanović Country: The UK   Recognition: Samir Mehanović is a Bosnian born film director, producer and screenwriter who lives in Scotland since 1995. He received BAFTA award for the short film “The Way We Played” and IDFA Special Jury Award for his latest documentary “The Fog of Srebrenica”. During the war in Bosnia (1992) he established Theatre Company, developing his directing craft, learning together with his actors and creating groundbreaking plays. Mehanović left Tuzla to…

“Chamber Music” Director: Katharina Blanken Country: Germany Selections & Awards: Selections: International Film Festival Signes de Nuit (France) Back up Short Film Festival INTERNATIONALEN KURZFILMWOCHE REGENSBURG (Germany – 2015) Annual Valley Film Festival (Unites States – 2015) Short & Sweet, SAF Short Film Festival (Australia – 2015) Bellingham Music Film Festival of Washington (Unites States) Mafin Production of Audio – Visual Products (Serbia) Award: “Best Experimental Film” – Tehran International Silent Film Festival – 2015

“The Tibetan Girl” Director: Huaqing Jin Country: China Recognition: Huaqing Jin has directed “Living with Shame”, “Blossom with Tears”, “Lament of Yumen”, “Endless Road”, and others. He has received 40 awards in international film festivals in 18 countries, including: France, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Korea and Japan. For his film “Blossom with Tears”, Jin has won The UNICEF Prize (2012), “Best Children’s Film” Award at the 27th Pärnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival and “Best Short Documentary Award” at the…

“Ginko & Kinko” Director: Jie Lu Country: Germany Recognition: Jie Lu was born in 1979 in Urumqi, China. After having studied Directing in Beijing, she moved to Cologne in 2005 to sunbathe her shadow from the other side. Due to the culture gap between China and Germany she made quite a lot of mistakes in language and thinking. But those funny mistakes proved to be clever and gave her projects a unique touch. Jie Lu has finished her degree at…

“Bon” Director: Matthias Staudinger Country: Germany Recognition: Matthias Staudinger is a Film Student in his seventh semester at the Beuth Hochschule Berlin. He works as producer and director for several short films and also as set-manager for a student-feature and just finished shooting his graduation film. Alongside he works as an ENG-assistant for different TV channels and produces corporate films. Filmography:   2013, Jörg from Leopoldplatz, Short-Documentary, Director 2014, Change for Crocodiles, Short-Documentary, Director 2015, BON, Short film, Director 2015,…

“Birdy Jr.” Director: Serge Fenenko Country: Netherlands Recognition: Serge Fenenko is a Dutch producer and director. Serge was responsible for production of award-winning viral videos and iPhone games, such as World Championship Jala Neti with over 1 million views and Endless Racing Game with 1 million downloads. He directed and produced Just Like Other Animals, a web series about the origin of people with 4 million views on YouTube. Serge Fenenko won a number of awards on international creativity festivals,…

“Dobry” Director: Orlin Milchev Country: Bulgaria Former Selections: South-Eastern Europe Festival of Cinema Schools (Turkey – 2015) Golden Rose International Feature Film Festival (Bulgaria – 2014)  

Hallux  Director: Henning Thomas Country: Germany Recognition: Henning Thomas was born in Braunschweig, Germany, 1979. His education is in media design, Subsequently Studies in Visual Communication at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg and “Hallux” is his graduation film. Thomas lives and works as a freelance animation filmmaker and graphic designer in Germany. Thomas’ Filmography: 2016 Hallux (Animated Film, 10 ‘) 2006 Amylase (Animation – Stop motion,6 min.) 2004 Severe Birth (Mixed Media,1 min.) 2004 Ballalzkopf (Animation – stop…

Duellum Director: Tucker Davila Wood Country: Spain Recognition: Tucker Davida Wood was born Bilbao, 1976. In 2005, after working in New York and Madrid, he founded the production company Mankuso and made his short films such as The Perfectionists, Los 4 McNifikos and Bodegón which have won numerous international awards and been screened on the main television channels. He is currently working on his first feature-length film El comediante, a screenplay project funded by the Basque Government. Wood’s Filmography: 1997…

“The Coltrane Code” Director: Monica Mazzitelli Country: Italy Selections and Awards: Selections: Paragon Film Festival (United States) Mexico City Incorto Film Festival (Mexico) Visioni Corte International Film Festival (Italy-2015) JIFF – Jaipur International Film Festival (India-2016) MOFF festival (Italy-2016) CinemAvvenire Festival (Italy-2016) Calcutta Kalpanirjhar International Film Festival (India-2015) China International New Media Short Film Festival (China) Procida Film Festival (Italy) International Film Festival of “Human District” (Bosnia & Herzegovina International Short Film Festival of Salento Finibus Terrae (Italy-2016) Capodarco L’Altro…

The Enemy Director: Amber-India Bourdon Country: United States Selections and Awards: Selection: Incorto Film Festival (Mexico – 2016) International Competition of Jagran Short Film Festival (India – 2016) Whatashort India International Film Festival (India – 2016) Tlanchana International Film Fest, Festival de Cine y Arte Digital (Mexico – 2016) Sguardi Altrove Film Festival (Italy – 2016) Golden sun Short Film Festival (Malta – 2016)

Vicenta Director: Carla Valencia Country: Ecuador Recognition: Valencia began her career as a production assistant, making her debut as a director in 2006 with the short film “Restos”. She also behaved as an editor for several Chilean documentaries selected at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam in 2007. “Abuelos” was her first feature-length documentary, presented in 2010 in competition at IDFA official. Valencia has continued her way in directing with Emilia (2010) and Vicenta (2014). Selections and Awards: Selections:…

 “Junk” Director: Walter Tournier Country: Uruguay Recognition: Tournier’s works have been shown at many film festivals in Latin America, Spain, France, Germany and the United States. His internationally awarded animated films include The Condor and the Fox (1980), The Disobedient Carnation (1981), Our Small Paradise (1983), Optical Illusions (1983), The Boss and the Carpenter (2000), Caribbean Christmas (2001) and In Spite of Everything (2003). In 2002 he received The Prince Claus Award from the Netherlands for his contributions to culture.…

Dear Filmmakers, Once again thank you very much for your trust and sending your film to our festival. Since we have extended the deadline of the festival for two weeks, therefore we will announce the selection result on August 20th instead of august 5th. The list of the selected films will be published in the website of the festival (TISFF.IR ). Also the filmmakers of the selected films will be notified via Email.  Kind Regards Festival Team 33rd TISFF  

Biography  Patrick Vollrath is a German filmmaker, best known for his short-film that earned him critical appraisal and several awards and nominations including Best Foreign Film Award Bronze Medal (more…)

Abbas Kiarostami, the Iranian author & filmmaker whose “Taste of Cherry” won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1997, passed away on Monday (more…)

 “Daughter” the latest film of Reza Mirkarimi had a successful performance in Moscow Film Festival. (more…)

Tehran International Short Film Festival in Cooperation with German Embassy (more…)

The secretary of Hiroshima Animation Festival Ms. Sayoko kinoshita had a meeting with IYCS Deputy of Education Mr. (more…)

“The Salesman” in 69th Edition of Cannes Festival 2016. Last night Cannes Films Festival came to an end with the list of winners. (more…)

Mr. Hassan Dezvareh, Head of International Affairs of 33rd Tehran International Short Film Festival expressed his gratitude to those who have supported the festival by their participation, up to now. (more…)