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Tehran International Short Film Festival

37th Festival 2021

37th Tehran International Short Film Festival- 20-25 January 2021

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REGULATIONS OF 37TH THEHRAN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL​

37THEHRAN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL​
Further information
378th festival

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Hossein Entezami

Seyyed Sadegh Mousavi

Alireza Rezadad

Jafar Sanei Moghadam

Majid Majidi

Mehdi Jafari

Majid Barzegar

Nima Abbaspour

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Soheila Askari

Coordination and Festival Secretariat

Fakhri Tabatabai

International Affairs

Tayyebe Falakiyan

Provinces

Mohammad Ali Dolati

Security

Arash Rasafi

Production and Technical Support

Ali Jafari

Financial Affairs

Navid Kouhbar

Logistics

Saeed Pouresmaeeli

Cultural and Educational Affairs

Masoud Modaresi

Public Relations and News

Seyyed Javad Mirhashemi

Publications and Peripheral Affairs

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Mohammad Bakhshi

Bachelor’s degree from Tehran Arts University. Master’s degree in Theatre Direction from Tehran Arts and Architecture University He has directed numerous short and documentary films. His films have been screened in over 470 domestic and international festivals and has won over 160 awards from them. He has also served as a Cinema teacher and Jury in different domestic and international festivals.
INTERNATIONAL

Sogol Rezvani

Born in Tehran, 1988. Master of Fine Art, Major in Film, San Francisco Art Institute, California, 2013. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Scriptwriting, Art University of Tehran, 2010. Member of Short Film Association of Iran Since 2013 Producer, director and screenwriter of 10 short films such as: “White dwarfs”, Iran 2020, “Reverence (Curtain call)”, Iran 2018, “The carrots”, San Francisco 2013 and “Still...”, Iran 2012 She also has had the experience of being in 15 Theater and short films as an actress since 2002. Her latest released short film “Reverence (Curtain call)” was world premiered in Oscar qualifying Santa Barbara international film festival, California 2019, and was the winner of best directing and cinematography of Tehran international short film festival, 2018.
INTERNATIONAL

Hamed Soleimanzadeh

Born in 1987 in Mashhad. He is a film critic, author, and a university professor. Holding PH degree in Art Research and Film studies he is now the official member of International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), European Children’s Film Association (ECFA) and Iranian Short Film Association (ISFA). So far, he has been among the selection committee and jury members of many national and international film festivals like Isfahan International Film Festival for Children & Youth, Seoul guro Youth Film Festival, Dytiatko International Children Media Festival in Ukraine, Kazan International Youth Film Festival, Zero Plus Film Festival in Russia and Hero and Time Film Festival again in Russia. He was the head of international department of 31st International Film Festival for Children and Youth as well as 31st Iran International Academic Theatre Festival. “Daily Deliriums of the Sleeping Man” & “ACinema in Iran: Sohrab Shahid Cinema” are among his writings published by Dibaye Publications and Tehran University, respectively. He is now in charge of research department of international affairs of Farabi Cinema Foundation.
INTERNATIONAL

Siamak Soleymani

Filmmaker, editor. Born in 1363, Kermanshah. Bachelor of cinema/ subdiscipline editing, Production expert and member of the Pitching Supreme Council of the Iranian Youth Cinema Society. Responsible for selecting works and show affairs of short film hangout courses. Responsible for technical support of the offices and festivals of the Youth Cinema Society. Technical assistant of screening affairs of Tehran International Short Film Festival from the 31st to the 37th Season and Regional Festivals of Young Cinema since 2014. Screenplay advice for short fiction and documentary. Lecturer of the Association’s offices (Tehran / Kermanshah). Writer, director, and editor: Younes short fiction films (2019), The passage of the rabbit (2003) and four-part documentary series “A porch to watch” (2013). Awards: Statue for the best director and the best editing from the 64th Regional Festival of Young Cinema (Asoric), Special award and commendation plaque for the best director of the first period of national short film festival of villages and nomads in Iran, nominated for the best feature film at the 8th National Prayer Festival for the short film “Younes”. Editor of several short films and documentaries, including short fiction films “Asylum Seekers”, “Blaine”, “Water-rate”, “Ziraab (sell-out)”, “Yellow Sparrow” and cinematographer of short fiction films: “Four Feet”, “Wandering Soul”, “A cup of hot coffee”, “On the road”, “During the day”.
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Nima Abbaspour

Born in 1974. He has written and directed ten short films and four documentaries. He worked as casting director for Veit Helmer the German filmmaker. He has also been the writer and assistant director of several projects. He teaches cinema at the Iranian Young Cinema Society. He used to be a member of the Iranian Short Film Association Board of Directors (2010 – 2015(. He has been the member of jury and film selection committee in several festivals.
INTERNATIONAL

Mohammad Bakhshi

Bachelor’s degree from Tehran Arts University. Master’s degree in Theatre Direction from Tehran Arts and Architecture University He has directed numerous short and documentary films. His films have been screened in over 470 domestic and international festivals and has won over 160 awards from them. He has also served as a Cinema teacher and Jury in different domestic and international festivals.
INTERNATIONAL

Sogol Rezvani

Born in Tehran, 1988. Master of Fine Art, Major in Film, San Francisco Art Institute, California, 2013. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Scriptwriting, Art University of Tehran, 2010. Member of Short Film Association of Iran Since 2013 Producer, director and screenwriter of 10 short films such as: “White dwarfs”, Iran 2020, “Reverence (Curtain call)”, Iran 2018, “The carrots”, San Francisco 2013 and “Still...”, Iran 2012 She also has had the experience of being in 15 Theater and short films as an actress since 2002. Her latest released short film “Reverence (Curtain call)” was world premiered in Oscar qualifying Santa Barbara international film festival, California 2019, and was the winner of best directing and cinematography of Tehran international short film festival, 2018.
INTERNATIONAL

Hamed Soleimanzadeh

Born in 1987 in Mashhad. He is a film critic, author, and a university professor. Holding PH degree in Art Research and Film studies he is now the official member of International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), European Children’s Film Association (ECFA) and Iranian Short Film Association (ISFA). So far, he has been among the selection committee and jury members of many national and international film festivals like Isfahan International Film Festival for Children & Youth, Seoul guro Youth Film Festival, Dytiatko International Children Media Festival in Ukraine, Kazan International Youth Film Festival, Zero Plus Film Festival in Russia and Hero and Time Film Festival again in Russia. He was the head of international department of 31st International Film Festival for Children and Youth as well as 31st Iran International Academic Theatre Festival. “Daily Deliriums of the Sleeping Man” & “ACinema in Iran: Sohrab Shahid Cinema” are among his writings published by Dibaye Publications and Tehran University, respectively. He is now in charge of research department of international affairs of Farabi Cinema Foundation.
INTERNATIONAL

Siamak Soleymani

Filmmaker, editor. Born in 1363, Kermanshah. Bachelor of cinema/ subdiscipline editing, Production expert and member of the Pitching Supreme Council of the Iranian Youth Cinema Society. Responsible for selecting works and show affairs of short film hangout courses. Responsible for technical support of the offices and festivals of the Youth Cinema Society. Technical assistant of screening affairs of Tehran International Short Film Festival from the 31st to the 37th Season and Regional Festivals of Young Cinema since 2014. Screenplay advice for short fiction and documentary. Lecturer of the Association’s offices (Tehran / Kermanshah). Writer, director, and editor: Younes short fiction films (2019), The passage of the rabbit (2003) and four-part documentary series “A porch to watch” (2013). Awards: Statue for the best director and the best editing from the 64th Regional Festival of Young Cinema (Asoric), Special award and commendation plaque for the best director of the first period of national short film festival of villages and nomads in Iran, nominated for the best feature film at the 8th National Prayer Festival for the short film “Younes”. Editor of several short films and documentaries, including short fiction films “Asylum Seekers”, “Blaine”, “Water-rate”, “Ziraab (sell-out)”, “Yellow Sparrow” and cinematographer of short fiction films: “Four Feet”, “Wandering Soul”, “A cup of hot coffee”, “On the road”, “During the day”.
INTERNATIONAL

Nima Abbaspour

Born in 1974. He has written and directed ten short films and four documentaries. He worked as casting director for Veit Helmer the German filmmaker. He has also been the writer and assistant director of several projects. He teaches cinema at the Iranian Young Cinema Society. He used to be a member of the Iranian Short Film Association Board of Directors (2010 – 2015(. He has been the member of jury and film selection committee in several festivals.
INTERNATIONAL

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Behnam Behzadi

Born in 1972, he started his career as a photographer and theater player at the age of 15. He graduated from the Faculty of Cinema and TV in Tehran with a BA degree in filmmaking. He has made more than 20 films including shorts, TV movies and documentaries, some of which won various awards in international film festivals, including his first feature, “Before the Burial” in 2008. “Bending the Rules” won Special Jury Prize in Tokyo IFF, Audience Award in Nantes, and Special Prize in Mannheim in 2013.His third feature, “Inversion” was in “Un Certain Regards” of Cannes 2016 and more than other 25 festivals.
Jury Members

Kyeongyeon KIM

Kyeongyeon Kim studied film at university and has been working at various film festivals. She served as a committee member of the Busan Independent Film Association and taught cinema to students as cinema teacher at Korea Arts & Culture Education Service. She worked as a program manager at the Busan International Short Film Festival from 2012 to 2018 and is currently a programmer at the Busan International Short Film Festival.
Jury Members

Lia Beltrami

She was received the Golden Lion for Peace 2017 in Venice. She directed 40 documentaries all over the world; she won several awards for her films. She is appointed as Representative of Religions for Peace at FAO -UN. She was the artistic director at Vatican Pavilion at Expo Milan 2015, which was awarded as the Pavilion which best developed the theme, and she was the artistic director for the photographic exhibition in Expo Astana 2017, Kazakhstan. In 1997 she founded Religion Today Film Festival, the first festival about inter-religious dialogue. She founded the group Women of Faith for Peace in Jerusalem. She wrote 5 books. She is the CEO of the production company Aurora Vision, advisor for Dhaka Film Festival Bangladesh and honorary member of the House of Wisdom, Grenada
Jury Members

Behnam Behzadi

Born in 1972, he started his career as a photographer and theater player at the age of 15. He graduated from the Faculty of Cinema and TV in Tehran with a BA degree in filmmaking. He has made more than 20 films including shorts, TV movies and documentaries, some of which won various awards in international film festivals, including his first feature, “Before the Burial” in 2008. “Bending the Rules” won Special Jury Prize in Tokyo IFF, Audience Award in Nantes, and Special Prize in Mannheim in 2013.His third feature, “Inversion” was in “Un Certain Regards” of Cannes 2016 and more than other 25 festivals.
Jury Members

Kyeongyeon KIM

Kyeongyeon Kim studied film at university and has been working at various film festivals. She served as a committee member of the Busan Independent Film Association and taught cinema to students as cinema teacher at Korea Arts & Culture Education Service. She worked as a program manager at the Busan International Short Film Festival from 2012 to 2018 and is currently a programmer at the Busan International Short Film Festival.
Jury Members

Lia Beltrami

She was received the Golden Lion for Peace 2017 in Venice. She directed 40 documentaries all over the world; she won several awards for her films. She is appointed as Representative of Religions for Peace at FAO -UN. She was the artistic director at Vatican Pavilion at Expo Milan 2015, which was awarded as the Pavilion which best developed the theme, and she was the artistic director for the photographic exhibition in Expo Astana 2017, Kazakhstan. In 1997 she founded Religion Today Film Festival, the first festival about inter-religious dialogue. She founded the group Women of Faith for Peace in Jerusalem. She wrote 5 books. She is the CEO of the production company Aurora Vision, advisor for Dhaka Film Festival Bangladesh and honorary member of the House of Wisdom, Grenada
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Pouria Zolfaghari

Born in 1983. Borujerd. He took theater and filmmaking courses in 2007 at Samandarian School under the supervision of Hamid Samandarian and Mehdi Fakhimzadeh and made her first short films in the same period. In 2011, he became a member of the editorial board of Film Monthly and began to write reviews and cinematic contents in this magazine and several other publications. Simultaneously with his journalistic activity in the field of cinema, he continued to make short films, and made the short fiction films: “Sarsam”, “Garden of Mirror” and “Pause”.
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Rozette Ghadery

Cinematographer, filmmaker, teacher and graduate of BA in Cinema from Art University in Tehran, MFA in Film Production from York University in Canada, a Ph.D. candidate in Babelsberg University in Germany. Rozette teaches film, had several workshops, and talks in Canadian and American universities, i.e., York university, University of Toronto, University of Windsor, Colgate university in central New York. Rozette has shot more than 300 films around the globe.
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Seyed Mehdi Mousavi Barzaki

Born in 1988. Kashan, filmmaker. He is a lecturer at the Iranian youth cinema society and a member of Cinema House Directors Guild. In the field of writing and directing works such as “Sheikh Ali”, “Life may be this”, “Wounds”, “All half of me”, “Customer” and “Dear” are among his works. He is also a member of the selection committee of the first Iranian adolescent’s filmmaking Olympiad Festival, and a member of the jury of the ninth film and photo week of the Iranian youth cinema society(Kashan office), director of the education committee of the 59th Regional Festival of Iranian youth cinema, judge of the script section of the 59th Regional Festival of Iranian youth cinema, member of the specialized production council [Peaching] of the Iranian youth cinema society - Isfahan Province. Among his honors is the honorary diploma for the best film from the 48th Dena Youth Cinema Regional Film Festival, the honorary diploma for the best director from the 8th Parvin Etesami National Film Festival, the honorary diploma for the best director from the 52nd Arvand Regional Youth Cinema Festival, statue and diploma of honor for best director from directors guild association(Iranian documentary cinema), statue and diploma of honor for the best film, best director, best actor, best film sound and honorary plaque of art and experience from the 36th Tehran International Short Film Festival and participation in the competition section of the 38th Fajr National Film Festival.
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Ali Derakhshandeh

Born in September 1984, Tehran. Graduated from the field of filmmaking (cinema directing). He started the artistic activity in professional cinema in 1999. He has collaborated in more than 30 films and series as an assistant director, director of planning, production, and casting. He has made more than 10 short films and one feature film. He is also a member of the planners’ association and cinema assistant directors and a member of the cinema house short film association. The movie “ Enemies”, “Three-Point” short films, “Amas(Inflammation)”, “just as easily1(Be Hamin Sadegi1),” just as easily2(Be Hamin Sadegi 2), “fall(Soghoot)”, “Wane (Mohagh)”, “ Be patient”, “ Snowball” short experimental film, “The pond of friendship”(70-episode series for children and teenagers), the empirical documentary “Elf on popular culture”, “David’s” experimental documentary and the documentary “The Breasts of the Earth” are among her works. With his works, Derakhshandeh has succeeded in participating in festivals such as Italian Cinema Damare, Reedi Phils America, Iranian Cinema House Festival, Tehran Short Film Festival, German exground, Calcutta( India), Istanbul (Turkey) for the film Amas (2015), Indie Fest( USA) and Fajr Film Festival. His other honors include receiving the best film and the best director award from the Italian Film Festival (Damare), the best director award at the American Film Festival (Rizi Phils) and being nominated for numerous awards at various festivals.
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Majid Gorjian

Born in 1977, graduated from the Iranian youth cinema society- Hamadan office. A member of the cinema house cinematographer’s association and cinema house short film association. He is the director of shooting, movies such as: “Labe Khat”(Edge of the line, Ali Jabbarzadeh), “ Shelter 7” (Siavash Sarmadi), “ gravedigger”( Kazem Molaei), “Solo on floating ice”(Roohollah Seddighi), “Conflict” (Mohammad Reza Lotfi), “Iron tablet” (Azadeh Abadpour), (“Dear leaf (“Barg Jan”))- A romantic interpretation- (Ebrahim Mokhtari), Cancer era (Hossein Shahabi), “Kupal”( Kazem Molaei), “Profiles”(Iraj Karimi), “ Jumping from a low height” (Hamed Rajabi), “A Minor Leap Down”(Hamed Rajabi), “ The Gap”( Kiarash Asadizadeh), “ For a Rainy Day”( Faezeh Azizkhani), “ It’s Becoming Morning”( Yalda Jebeli), “Serrolghavarir”(Ali Hanoon), “Acrid”(Kiarash Asadizadeh). His other honors include the Special Award for best cinematography at the 51st Italian Photogrammy Festival, the best cinematography award at the 4th Bangkok International Film Festival in Thailand, the best cinematography award at the 3rd Nigeria International Real-Time Film Festival, and several other nominations.
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Morteza Gheidi

Born in 1981, after completing his high school education in the field of performing arts, he continued his studies in the field of cinema directing at Sooreh University of Tehran. After shooting short and documentary films, he started filming movies and won the Golden Camera Award Special for Jury at the Manaki Film Festival for “Nahid”
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Massoud Madadi

Born in 1963. He has a bachelor’s degree in cinema (directing) and a master’s degree (dramatic literature) from Tehran university of art. He is a cinema lecturer at the university of art and Soore. He is the supervisor of graduate projects for students and a member of the Cinema House Teachers Association. Other activities include the translation of Marcie Begleiter book “From Word to Image” and Wendy Tumminello’s book “Exploring Storyboarding” (Design Concepts). Responsible for the international section of Varahanar cinema company and global sales of films and participation in numerous international festivals, member of the higher education council of the culture and education deputy of the Iranian youth cinema society, designing the topic and writing the course of the empirical cinema workshop for the sevenmonth filmmaking course, membership in the screen review council in some production centers, member of the selection and judging panel of some short and feature film festivals. Madadi started his filmmaking career at Ahwaz youth cinema society in the second half of the 1960s and directed several short fiction films, including “On Hot Asphalt”, “Privacy”, Mask”, and wrote the screenplay and directed the feature film “Forgetfulness”, “Gita” and wrote the screenplay “Graffiti”, “Woman Without Woman”, “ Dust” and other works.
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Hamidreza Lotfian

Director of cinematography. He started its activity in 1987 in Hamedan Youth Cinema Society. Director of cinematography of more than 40 short films, documentaries, fiction, and movies. A decade of teaching photography and cinematography. Artistic director of several publications, festival, national and international cultural and artistic project, … Among the cinematic works: “The Old and Sorrowful Song of Asmar’s Rainy Afternoon”, “Walking in the Fog “directed by Majid Barzegar, “Stone Blooms “directed by Azizollah Hamidnezhad and “Bone “directed by Farhad Alizadeh Ahi.
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Mahtab Ebrahimzadeh

Born in1970, Bushehr. After completing his bachelor’s degree in English translation in 1991, he participated in photography and filmmaking by participating in the training courses of Bushehr Youth Cinema Society. Her first short film “B Like Rain” won first place at the Bruno Film Festival in the Czech Republic. At the same time, her photographs were successfully presented at domestic festivals. In 1996, he went to Germany to study cinema and studied film directing at the Higher University of Arts in Kassel. During her studies, with the financial support of German government producers, she won a € 23,000 prize for her dissertation screenplay. Her dissertation film Herbstzeitlose has participated in prestigious festivals and won awards. She attended in specialized screenwriting courses at the Freiburg Screenwriting Camp, as well as a supplementary screenwriting course in Berlin. A remake of her short film co-written by him and directed by Holger Ernest title successful presence in prestigious short film festivals. After graduating in 2006, he returned to Iran and taught in the cinema department of Bushehr Azad University After graduating in 2006, he returned to Iran and taught in the cinema department of Bushehr Azad University. He became the director of the graphic department of the Azad University for two years, and later worked as a cultural assistant at the Islamic Culture Office of the Azad University for two years. Ebrahimzadeh, in addition to film and film festivals, participates in conferences and scientific conferences and presents specialized articles, and translates books and films. Author of the book “Bandar Bushehr 1930-1908” in three languages Persian, English and German, the result of his years of research in Iran and Germany on the resistance movement in southern Iran against the British colonialism in the late 19th and early 20th century AD.
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Mehdi Jafari

Born in 1969, Ahvaz. Director, director of photography, and documentary filmmaker. After a short period of acting in the theater, He began her filmmaking career in 1985 by attending the Iranian youth cinema society - Najafabad office; then in 1988 he entered the faculty of cinema and theater of Tehran university of art and completed his studies in the field of cinema directing. He started making short fiction films in 1994 and has been working as a cinematographer in Iranian cinema since 2004. In addition to filming, He has also made several short and feature documentaries.He is also a member of the founding board of the Iranian Short Film Association at the Cinema House.The presence of one of her short films called “A Little Above” among the ten films in the short film competition section of the Berlin International Film Festival in 2006, is considered as one of the honors of Iranian short films. He has directed the films “23 People”, “Atmosphere Station”, “Role and Painter” and more than 10 short films and documentaries. Special Award of the Jury of the Turin Festival – Italy, Award for the best experimental short film from Tehran Short Film Festival, the award for The best short film from Cinema House celebration for “Little” film, the award for the best short film from Didar Festival(Tajikistan), the award for the best short film from Kabul Human Rights Festival, the award for the best documentary at the Cyprus Film Festival, Simin award for the best short film from the International Section of Roshd Film Festival, Francisco García award from the Huesca Festival, Spain, martyr Avini grand prize from cinema verité Film Festival, twice nominated for Crystal Simorgh for the best cinematography, and the honorary diploma of children and adolescent Film Festival (Schlingel Germany) are among his honors.
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Pouria Zolfaghari

Born in 1983. Borujerd. He took theater and filmmaking courses in 2007 at Samandarian School under the supervision of Hamid Samandarian and Mehdi Fakhimzadeh and made her first short films in the same period. In 2011, he became a member of the editorial board of Film Monthly and began to write reviews and cinematic contents in this magazine and several other publications. Simultaneously with his journalistic activity in the field of cinema, he continued to make short films, and made the short fiction films: “Sarsam”, “Garden of Mirror” and “Pause”.
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Rozette Ghadery

Cinematographer, filmmaker, teacher and graduate of BA in Cinema from Art University in Tehran, MFA in Film Production from York University in Canada, a Ph.D. candidate in Babelsberg University in Germany. Rozette teaches film, had several workshops, and talks in Canadian and American universities, i.e., York university, University of Toronto, University of Windsor, Colgate university in central New York. Rozette has shot more than 300 films around the globe.
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Seyed Mehdi Mousavi Barzaki

Born in 1988. Kashan, filmmaker. He is a lecturer at the Iranian youth cinema society and a member of Cinema House Directors Guild. In the field of writing and directing works such as “Sheikh Ali”, “Life may be this”, “Wounds”, “All half of me”, “Customer” and “Dear” are among his works. He is also a member of the selection committee of the first Iranian adolescent’s filmmaking Olympiad Festival, and a member of the jury of the ninth film and photo week of the Iranian youth cinema society(Kashan office), director of the education committee of the 59th Regional Festival of Iranian youth cinema, judge of the script section of the 59th Regional Festival of Iranian youth cinema, member of the specialized production council [Peaching] of the Iranian youth cinema society - Isfahan Province. Among his honors is the honorary diploma for the best film from the 48th Dena Youth Cinema Regional Film Festival, the honorary diploma for the best director from the 8th Parvin Etesami National Film Festival, the honorary diploma for the best director from the 52nd Arvand Regional Youth Cinema Festival, statue and diploma of honor for best director from directors guild association(Iranian documentary cinema), statue and diploma of honor for the best film, best director, best actor, best film sound and honorary plaque of art and experience from the 36th Tehran International Short Film Festival and participation in the competition section of the 38th Fajr National Film Festival.
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Ali Derakhshandeh

Born in September 1984, Tehran. Graduated from the field of filmmaking (cinema directing). He started the artistic activity in professional cinema in 1999. He has collaborated in more than 30 films and series as an assistant director, director of planning, production, and casting. He has made more than 10 short films and one feature film. He is also a member of the planners’ association and cinema assistant directors and a member of the cinema house short film association. The movie “ Enemies”, “Three-Point” short films, “Amas(Inflammation)”, “just as easily1(Be Hamin Sadegi1),” just as easily2(Be Hamin Sadegi 2), “fall(Soghoot)”, “Wane (Mohagh)”, “ Be patient”, “ Snowball” short experimental film, “The pond of friendship”(70-episode series for children and teenagers), the empirical documentary “Elf on popular culture”, “David’s” experimental documentary and the documentary “The Breasts of the Earth” are among her works. With his works, Derakhshandeh has succeeded in participating in festivals such as Italian Cinema Damare, Reedi Phils America, Iranian Cinema House Festival, Tehran Short Film Festival, German exground, Calcutta( India), Istanbul (Turkey) for the film Amas (2015), Indie Fest( USA) and Fajr Film Festival. His other honors include receiving the best film and the best director award from the Italian Film Festival (Damare), the best director award at the American Film Festival (Rizi Phils) and being nominated for numerous awards at various festivals.
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Majid Gorjian

Born in 1977, graduated from the Iranian youth cinema society- Hamadan office. A member of the cinema house cinematographer’s association and cinema house short film association. He is the director of shooting, movies such as: “Labe Khat”(Edge of the line, Ali Jabbarzadeh), “ Shelter 7” (Siavash Sarmadi), “ gravedigger”( Kazem Molaei), “Solo on floating ice”(Roohollah Seddighi), “Conflict” (Mohammad Reza Lotfi), “Iron tablet” (Azadeh Abadpour), (“Dear leaf (“Barg Jan”))- A romantic interpretation- (Ebrahim Mokhtari), Cancer era (Hossein Shahabi), “Kupal”( Kazem Molaei), “Profiles”(Iraj Karimi), “ Jumping from a low height” (Hamed Rajabi), “A Minor Leap Down”(Hamed Rajabi), “ The Gap”( Kiarash Asadizadeh), “ For a Rainy Day”( Faezeh Azizkhani), “ It’s Becoming Morning”( Yalda Jebeli), “Serrolghavarir”(Ali Hanoon), “Acrid”(Kiarash Asadizadeh). His other honors include the Special Award for best cinematography at the 51st Italian Photogrammy Festival, the best cinematography award at the 4th Bangkok International Film Festival in Thailand, the best cinematography award at the 3rd Nigeria International Real-Time Film Festival, and several other nominations.
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Morteza Gheidi

Born in 1981, after completing his high school education in the field of performing arts, he continued his studies in the field of cinema directing at Sooreh University of Tehran. After shooting short and documentary films, he started filming movies and won the Golden Camera Award Special for Jury at the Manaki Film Festival for “Nahid”
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Massoud Madadi

Born in 1963. He has a bachelor’s degree in cinema (directing) and a master’s degree (dramatic literature) from Tehran university of art. He is a cinema lecturer at the university of art and Soore. He is the supervisor of graduate projects for students and a member of the Cinema House Teachers Association. Other activities include the translation of Marcie Begleiter book “From Word to Image” and Wendy Tumminello’s book “Exploring Storyboarding” (Design Concepts). Responsible for the international section of Varahanar cinema company and global sales of films and participation in numerous international festivals, member of the higher education council of the culture and education deputy of the Iranian youth cinema society, designing the topic and writing the course of the empirical cinema workshop for the sevenmonth filmmaking course, membership in the screen review council in some production centers, member of the selection and judging panel of some short and feature film festivals. Madadi started his filmmaking career at Ahwaz youth cinema society in the second half of the 1960s and directed several short fiction films, including “On Hot Asphalt”, “Privacy”, Mask”, and wrote the screenplay and directed the feature film “Forgetfulness”, “Gita” and wrote the screenplay “Graffiti”, “Woman Without Woman”, “ Dust” and other works.
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Hamidreza Lotfian

Director of cinematography. He started its activity in 1987 in Hamedan Youth Cinema Society. Director of cinematography of more than 40 short films, documentaries, fiction, and movies. A decade of teaching photography and cinematography. Artistic director of several publications, festival, national and international cultural and artistic project, … Among the cinematic works: “The Old and Sorrowful Song of Asmar’s Rainy Afternoon”, “Walking in the Fog “directed by Majid Barzegar, “Stone Blooms “directed by Azizollah Hamidnezhad and “Bone “directed by Farhad Alizadeh Ahi.
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Mahtab Ebrahimzadeh

Born in1970, Bushehr. After completing his bachelor’s degree in English translation in 1991, he participated in photography and filmmaking by participating in the training courses of Bushehr Youth Cinema Society. Her first short film “B Like Rain” won first place at the Bruno Film Festival in the Czech Republic. At the same time, her photographs were successfully presented at domestic festivals. In 1996, he went to Germany to study cinema and studied film directing at the Higher University of Arts in Kassel. During her studies, with the financial support of German government producers, she won a € 23,000 prize for her dissertation screenplay. Her dissertation film Herbstzeitlose has participated in prestigious festivals and won awards. She attended in specialized screenwriting courses at the Freiburg Screenwriting Camp, as well as a supplementary screenwriting course in Berlin. A remake of her short film co-written by him and directed by Holger Ernest title successful presence in prestigious short film festivals. After graduating in 2006, he returned to Iran and taught in the cinema department of Bushehr Azad University After graduating in 2006, he returned to Iran and taught in the cinema department of Bushehr Azad University. He became the director of the graphic department of the Azad University for two years, and later worked as a cultural assistant at the Islamic Culture Office of the Azad University for two years. Ebrahimzadeh, in addition to film and film festivals, participates in conferences and scientific conferences and presents specialized articles, and translates books and films. Author of the book “Bandar Bushehr 1930-1908” in three languages Persian, English and German, the result of his years of research in Iran and Germany on the resistance movement in southern Iran against the British colonialism in the late 19th and early 20th century AD.
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Mehdi Jafari

Born in 1969, Ahvaz. Director, director of photography, and documentary filmmaker. After a short period of acting in the theater, He began her filmmaking career in 1985 by attending the Iranian youth cinema society - Najafabad office; then in 1988 he entered the faculty of cinema and theater of Tehran university of art and completed his studies in the field of cinema directing. He started making short fiction films in 1994 and has been working as a cinematographer in Iranian cinema since 2004. In addition to filming, He has also made several short and feature documentaries.He is also a member of the founding board of the Iranian Short Film Association at the Cinema House.The presence of one of her short films called “A Little Above” among the ten films in the short film competition section of the Berlin International Film Festival in 2006, is considered as one of the honors of Iranian short films. He has directed the films “23 People”, “Atmosphere Station”, “Role and Painter” and more than 10 short films and documentaries. Special Award of the Jury of the Turin Festival – Italy, Award for the best experimental short film from Tehran Short Film Festival, the award for The best short film from Cinema House celebration for “Little” film, the award for the best short film from Didar Festival(Tajikistan), the award for the best short film from Kabul Human Rights Festival, the award for the best documentary at the Cyprus Film Festival, Simin award for the best short film from the International Section of Roshd Film Festival, Francisco García award from the Huesca Festival, Spain, martyr Avini grand prize from cinema verité Film Festival, twice nominated for Crystal Simorgh for the best cinematography, and the honorary diploma of children and adolescent Film Festival (Schlingel Germany) are among his honors.
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Babak Behdad

Born in 1974. Director, documentary researcher, cinematographer, and editor. He has a bachelor’s degree in film directing and so far, he has been involved in cultural activities such as inspector of the Association of Documentary Filmmakers, vice President of the guild Association of Documentary Film Directors, member of the European Documentary Makers Association (EDN), Attending in the juries of various festivals. He has participated in Montreal, Chicago, Clermont, Cinema Verité, Tehran Short Film Festival With the documentaries: “The Tenth Day Palm”, “Letter”, “The light that turned out”, “Baharestan, House of Nation” and won awards such as Crystal Simorgh of the best Fajr documentary, the best documentary of the Academy of Cinema, the best film of Fajr Manifestation of the national will, the best research in the city and honorary diploma for the best producer of the Cinema House celebration. Other films include: “578 Days”, “Hands and Whispers”, “In the Land of Sand and Sun”, “Bam Citadel”, “Espandar”, “Transit Cafe” and “ Hasan’s Cow”.
DOCUMENTARY

Zeinab Tabrizi

Born in 1986. Bachelor of Cinema from the university of art. She began her filmmaking career as a student by making her first experimental film “Eight More Minutes”. After this film, she made her first documentary jointly with Paliz Khoshdel. The first Tabrizi’s documentary (Street Sultans) won important domestic awards. After this film, she produced her next documentary about street music entitled “ A Waltz for Tehran”. The film was screened in the Art and Experience group after attending festivals. Tabrizi’s next documentary is a film about women and breast cancer. “All That’s Missing” was able to be screened inside Iran after winning various awards.
DOCUMENTARY

Fereydoun Najafi

directing from Soore university of the art and a member of the Asia-Pacific Film Academy of Australia. Directing the movies “Skier” and “Baby Wolves of the Apple Valley”, the documentaries “The Last Migration”, “Hamdrang”, “Khatoon” and the short films “The Twelfth Team-mate”, “Khorosak”, “Where is Fatemeh’s house?”, “Bardguri” and “ The Way and the Star” and several TV shows. More than 100 international appearances and award nominees from world cinema events including Berlin International Film Festival, Australian Asia-Pacific Film Academy Award, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece, Montreal International Film Festival, Cambridge International Film Festival (UK). Receiving prestigious awards from national and international film festivals, including Crystal Simorgh, the best short film from the 27th Fajr Film Festival, and numerous awards from the Cinema verité Festival, Tehran Short Film Festival, and the Children and Adolescents Film Festival. His honors include the Silver dhow of the Zanzibar International Film Festival in Tanzania, the best director of the Greek Olympia Festival, the best film of the Swift London Film Festival, the best film of the Lucania Film Festival in Italy.Born in 1977, Koohrang. Graduated in film
DOCUMENTARY

Moin Karim al-Dini

Born in 1979. Researcher, director, editor, and producer of documentary cinema. Graduated in film directing from Iran Broadcasting University. Directing the documentaries “When the Clouds Come Down”, “Atlan”, “Raja” and the best director award, best editing, and the best film at the cinema verité festival, Fajr Film Festival, Cinema House celebration, Mondense Festival (America), FrontDock Festival (Italy), Milan Sport Films Festival. He has also been a judge at the cinema verité Film Festival, the Fajr Film Festival, the Cinema House Festival, the Film Academy, and the Frant Duck Festival in Italy.
DOCUMENTARY

Mehdi Ghorbanpour

Born in 1979, Babol. Documentary maker and cultural director. He started filmmaking in 1994. He has made more than twenty short films and documentaries so far. His most notable works include “Jesus the Rain”, “Where No One Is”, “I Am Not Nuclear Energy”, “Only Good Stories”, “One Hundred and Ninety”, “We Are All Soldiers” and “ Zemnako”. His works have been screened and won awards at festivals such as the Asiatica Film Festival(Rom), Video Works(Germany), Austrian Festival of Nations, Uppsala (Sweden), Utrecht (Netherlands), and the Duhok Film Festival. Ghorbanpour became a member of the Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association in 2004. He founded the Varesh International Film Festival in 1999 and has been its secretary until the ninth term. His other works in the field of cultural management include being the secretary of the film and photography department of the first International Festival of the Common Heritage of the Caspian Sea littoral countries, being a member of the board of directors of the Iranian Short Film Association, managing the collection of works of three decades of Iranian cinema, member of the Policy Council and Festivals Affairs of the Iranian Youth Cinema Society, The secretary of the first Iranian short film camp, a member of the board of directors of the Iranian Short Film Association, the director of the national cinema section of the 5th International Green Film Festival and a member of the organizing council of the first health film festival. He has the experience of participating in the selection and arbitration board of cinema verite International Film Festival, Iranian Students Film Festival, Cinema House Short Film Festival, Simorgh International Film Festival, Green Film Festival, and judging the student section in Iran. “ Zemnako “ His latest documentary was nominated for five awards from the 17th Cinema House Festival and received the award for best film and best research in this period. He is also the recipient of the 34th Fajr International Film Festival’s Interfaith Award for his documentary “ Zemnako”.
DOCUMENTARY

Babak Behdad

Born in 1974. Director, documentary researcher, cinematographer, and editor. He has a bachelor’s degree in film directing and so far, he has been involved in cultural activities such as inspector of the Association of Documentary Filmmakers, vice President of the guild Association of Documentary Film Directors, member of the European Documentary Makers Association (EDN), Attending in the juries of various festivals. He has participated in Montreal, Chicago, Clermont, Cinema Verité, Tehran Short Film Festival With the documentaries: “The Tenth Day Palm”, “Letter”, “The light that turned out”, “Baharestan, House of Nation” and won awards such as Crystal Simorgh of the best Fajr documentary, the best documentary of the Academy of Cinema, the best film of Fajr Manifestation of the national will, the best research in the city and honorary diploma for the best producer of the Cinema House celebration. Other films include: “578 Days”, “Hands and Whispers”, “In the Land of Sand and Sun”, “Bam Citadel”, “Espandar”, “Transit Cafe” and “ Hasan’s Cow”.
DOCUMENTARY

Zeinab Tabrizi

Born in 1986. Bachelor of Cinema from the university of art. She began her filmmaking career as a student by making her first experimental film “Eight More Minutes”. After this film, she made her first documentary jointly with Paliz Khoshdel. The first Tabrizi’s documentary (Street Sultans) won important domestic awards. After this film, she produced her next documentary about street music entitled “ A Waltz for Tehran”. The film was screened in the Art and Experience group after attending festivals. Tabrizi’s next documentary is a film about women and breast cancer. “All That’s Missing” was able to be screened inside Iran after winning various awards.
DOCUMENTARY

Fereydoun Najafi

directing from Soore university of the art and a member of the Asia-Pacific Film Academy of Australia. Directing the movies “Skier” and “Baby Wolves of the Apple Valley”, the documentaries “The Last Migration”, “Hamdrang”, “Khatoon” and the short films “The Twelfth Team-mate”, “Khorosak”, “Where is Fatemeh’s house?”, “Bardguri” and “ The Way and the Star” and several TV shows. More than 100 international appearances and award nominees from world cinema events including Berlin International Film Festival, Australian Asia-Pacific Film Academy Award, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece, Montreal International Film Festival, Cambridge International Film Festival (UK). Receiving prestigious awards from national and international film festivals, including Crystal Simorgh, the best short film from the 27th Fajr Film Festival, and numerous awards from the Cinema verité Festival, Tehran Short Film Festival, and the Children and Adolescents Film Festival. His honors include the Silver dhow of the Zanzibar International Film Festival in Tanzania, the best director of the Greek Olympia Festival, the best film of the Swift London Film Festival, the best film of the Lucania Film Festival in Italy.Born in 1977, Koohrang. Graduated in film
DOCUMENTARY

Moin Karim al-Dini

Born in 1979. Researcher, director, editor, and producer of documentary cinema. Graduated in film directing from Iran Broadcasting University. Directing the documentaries “When the Clouds Come Down”, “Atlan”, “Raja” and the best director award, best editing, and the best film at the cinema verité festival, Fajr Film Festival, Cinema House celebration, Mondense Festival (America), FrontDock Festival (Italy), Milan Sport Films Festival. He has also been a judge at the cinema verité Film Festival, the Fajr Film Festival, the Cinema House Festival, the Film Academy, and the Frant Duck Festival in Italy.
DOCUMENTARY

Mehdi Ghorbanpour

Born in 1979, Babol. Documentary maker and cultural director. He started filmmaking in 1994. He has made more than twenty short films and documentaries so far. His most notable works include “Jesus the Rain”, “Where No One Is”, “I Am Not Nuclear Energy”, “Only Good Stories”, “One Hundred and Ninety”, “We Are All Soldiers” and “ Zemnako”. His works have been screened and won awards at festivals such as the Asiatica Film Festival(Rom), Video Works(Germany), Austrian Festival of Nations, Uppsala (Sweden), Utrecht (Netherlands), and the Duhok Film Festival. Ghorbanpour became a member of the Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association in 2004. He founded the Varesh International Film Festival in 1999 and has been its secretary until the ninth term. His other works in the field of cultural management include being the secretary of the film and photography department of the first International Festival of the Common Heritage of the Caspian Sea littoral countries, being a member of the board of directors of the Iranian Short Film Association, managing the collection of works of three decades of Iranian cinema, member of the Policy Council and Festivals Affairs of the Iranian Youth Cinema Society, The secretary of the first Iranian short film camp, a member of the board of directors of the Iranian Short Film Association, the director of the national cinema section of the 5th International Green Film Festival and a member of the organizing council of the first health film festival. He has the experience of participating in the selection and arbitration board of cinema verite International Film Festival, Iranian Students Film Festival, Cinema House Short Film Festival, Simorgh International Film Festival, Green Film Festival, and judging the student section in Iran. “ Zemnako “ His latest documentary was nominated for five awards from the 17th Cinema House Festival and received the award for best film and best research in this period. He is also the recipient of the 34th Fajr International Film Festival’s Interfaith Award for his documentary “ Zemnako”.
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Saadat Rahimzadeh

Animation director and university lecturer. Official member of ASIFA Iran and ASIFA International. Master of animation directing from the university of art - Faculty of Cinema and Theater. Bachelor of painting from Sooreh university of Tehran. Teaching in the universities of cinema and theater of the university of Art, Sooreh university of Tehran, Pars university of Art and Architecture and the university of Applied Science and Technology. Receiving awards from foreign and domestic festivals, such as the special animation award of Mediawave Festival (Hungary). Silver medal for the best animation from the China Libo Animation and Comics Festival. The first prize for the best professional film of the Asian continent from the 12th Brazilian Anim!Arte Film Festival. Third prize for the best professional film in the international section of the world cultures from the 12th Brazilian Anim!Arte Film Festival. Award for the best visual special effects from the 9th Ayak Festival, Asifa Iran special award at the 47th International Growth Festival, the second prize for the best film in the international section of the 46th International Growth Festival for “Children of the Sea”, award and golden statue for the best film with the theme of national production from the 8th Tehran International Animation Festival. Member of the jury of the 11th Tehran International Animation Festival (2018). Membership in the selection committee of the Cinema House Festival (2018). Member of the selection committee of the 47th International Growth Festival. Member of the jury of the ninth independent animation celebration of Cinema House (2017). Membership in the selection committee of the 10th Tehran International Animation Festival (2016). She has made animations such as: “House of the Wind”, “Hafez”, “ Plains Children”, “Children of Oak”, “ Children of the Desert”, “ Children of the Sea.”
ANIMATION

Mohammad Reza Karimi Saremi

Born in 1964, Malayer. Graduated in dramatic literature and has an art degree from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, author and university lecturer, art expert of Hamadan province, deputy of the children and adolescents intellectual development center (Hamedan), manager and designer of the video unit of the children and adolescents intellectual development center (17 years). At the same time, he was the director of cinema affairs for 20 years, as well as the director of the music unit for 14 years and the director of the photography unit for 14 years. Designer and founder of Tehran International Animation Festival and secretary of its 12 periods for 22 years and receiving the world A degree from its third period (since 1997). From 2016-2017, he again became the director-general of cinema and theater at the center for the intellectual development of children and adolescents. (Management of the theater center from 2014- 2019). Member of Iran animation industry coordination council affiliated to the center for presidential transformation and development cooperation since 2015. Deputy of production of children and adolescent’s intellectual development center from 2019 until now.
ANIMATION

Moein Samadi

Born in 1979, Kermanshah. Bachelor of Graphics. He has been working in the field of animation filmmaking and entertainment since 1996, has a history of teaching animation, researching and judging animation since 2004, director of Rai Avin Studio since 2008, and vice president of the Animation Guild Association and secretary of the Iranian Independent Animation Celebration. He directed short animations such as “Midnight”, “ Jamshid: A Lament for a Myth “,” Night Song”,” The Secret of the Tree”, “The Lost Doll”, “Stop it I am Out”, and won awards such as the best international and national animation of the festival and the best adaptation film of the Tehran Short Film Festival, the second prize of Marathon Animation Festival, Greece, the best animation and the best artistic and technical achievement of Isfahan Children’s Festival. He has the first and third place and he has the best atmosphere creating of Tehran Animation Festival in his record.
ANIMATION

Saadat Rahimzadeh

Animation director and university lecturer. Official member of ASIFA Iran and ASIFA International. Master of animation directing from the university of art - Faculty of Cinema and Theater. Bachelor of painting from Sooreh university of Tehran. Teaching in the universities of cinema and theater of the university of Art, Sooreh university of Tehran, Pars university of Art and Architecture and the university of Applied Science and Technology. Receiving awards from foreign and domestic festivals, such as the special animation award of Mediawave Festival (Hungary). Silver medal for the best animation from the China Libo Animation and Comics Festival. The first prize for the best professional film of the Asian continent from the 12th Brazilian Anim!Arte Film Festival. Third prize for the best professional film in the international section of the world cultures from the 12th Brazilian Anim!Arte Film Festival. Award for the best visual special effects from the 9th Ayak Festival, Asifa Iran special award at the 47th International Growth Festival, the second prize for the best film in the international section of the 46th International Growth Festival for “Children of the Sea”, award and golden statue for the best film with the theme of national production from the 8th Tehran International Animation Festival. Member of the jury of the 11th Tehran International Animation Festival (2018). Membership in the selection committee of the Cinema House Festival (2018). Member of the selection committee of the 47th International Growth Festival. Member of the jury of the ninth independent animation celebration of Cinema House (2017). Membership in the selection committee of the 10th Tehran International Animation Festival (2016). She has made animations such as: “House of the Wind”, “Hafez”, “ Plains Children”, “Children of Oak”, “ Children of the Desert”, “ Children of the Sea.”
ANIMATION

Mohammad Reza Karimi Saremi

Born in 1964, Malayer. Graduated in dramatic literature and has an art degree from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, author and university lecturer, art expert of Hamadan province, deputy of the children and adolescents intellectual development center (Hamedan), manager and designer of the video unit of the children and adolescents intellectual development center (17 years). At the same time, he was the director of cinema affairs for 20 years, as well as the director of the music unit for 14 years and the director of the photography unit for 14 years. Designer and founder of Tehran International Animation Festival and secretary of its 12 periods for 22 years and receiving the world A degree from its third period (since 1997). From 2016-2017, he again became the director-general of cinema and theater at the center for the intellectual development of children and adolescents. (Management of the theater center from 2014- 2019). Member of Iran animation industry coordination council affiliated to the center for presidential transformation and development cooperation since 2015. Deputy of production of children and adolescent’s intellectual development center from 2019 until now.
ANIMATION

Moein Samadi

Born in 1979, Kermanshah. Bachelor of Graphics. He has been working in the field of animation filmmaking and entertainment since 1996, has a history of teaching animation, researching and judging animation since 2004, director of Rai Avin Studio since 2008, and vice president of the Animation Guild Association and secretary of the Iranian Independent Animation Celebration. He directed short animations such as “Midnight”, “ Jamshid: A Lament for a Myth “,” Night Song”,” The Secret of the Tree”, “The Lost Doll”, “Stop it I am Out”, and won awards such as the best international and national animation of the festival and the best adaptation film of the Tehran Short Film Festival, the second prize of Marathon Animation Festival, Greece, the best animation and the best artistic and technical achievement of Isfahan Children’s Festival. He has the first and third place and he has the best atmosphere creating of Tehran Animation Festival in his record.
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Benjamin Haftalang

Born in 1989, Tehran. Bachelor of cinema directing from Azad university. Directing, writing, and rewriting dozens of short films, movies, and television. Attending at the jury of Sunny Side Short Film and Documentary Film Festivals(America), the 16th Yasuj International Resistance Festival, and the first Shiraz Mantra Short Film Festival, holding several training courses and specialized short film workshop in the provinces of Tehran, Khorasan Razavi, and Bushehr. Attendance as a cinema lecturer and film analyst at the Media Cultural Center, Ibn-e Sina Cultural Center, Cinema Analytical News Media, Art Reporter Media, Toronto Family Monthly (Canada). Awards and honors; The best youth of the country in the field of experimental directing by the Presidential Institution and the Elite Center in the National Festival of Hazrat Ali Akbar. Statue of directing an experimental short film from the Cinema House celebration. Honorary diploma for the best experimental short film from the 28th Tehran Short Film Festival in the international section. Nominated for the Best Short Film at the Cinema House Celebration, Warsaw Short Film Festival (2015), Bosnian Jahorina, and Sunny Side Festival.
EXPERIMENTAL

Farhad Gholami

Bachelor of cinema from Soore university. Directing the short films “ Shadow Taller than Me “, All for Sale “, “ A Nightmare’s Tale” and “Neighbors”. He has participated in the Golden Apricot Festival of Armenia, the Hamburg International Film Festival, the IndieCork International Film Festival in Ireland, the Izmir International shortfilm Festival in Turkey, and won the best experimental short film award at the Tehran Short Film Festival.”
EXPERIMENTAL

Mohammad Esmaeili

Born on March 12, 1983, Tehran. Photographer and filmmaker. He started photography experimentally in 2001 and entered the professional field in 2007 with photography for the cinema weekly. He has collaborated with prestigious cultural and artistic publications, such as Film Monthly, Royesh Monthly, and Chelchelragh. His first solo exhibition was held in 2010 at the Artists’ House under the name “Tehran, Multi-degrees Angle”. He has already participated in group exhibitions at home and abroad. The beginning of his cinematic activities is related to filmmaking courses at the Film School and Karnameh Institute. He has made short films “Newzeif”, “Hidden Army”, “Operation 747” and “Short Wave”. He is a member of the short film class of the Cinema House and a member of the ISFA Academy and founded the cultural media “Didart”. Mohammad Esmaili has won numerous prestigious awards from domestic and foreign festivals.
EXPERIMENTAL

Benjamin Haftalang

Born in 1989, Tehran. Bachelor of cinema directing from Azad university. Directing, writing, and rewriting dozens of short films, movies, and television. Attending at the jury of Sunny Side Short Film and Documentary Film Festivals(America), the 16th Yasuj International Resistance Festival, and the first Shiraz Mantra Short Film Festival, holding several training courses and specialized short film workshop in the provinces of Tehran, Khorasan Razavi, and Bushehr. Attendance as a cinema lecturer and film analyst at the Media Cultural Center, Ibn-e Sina Cultural Center, Cinema Analytical News Media, Art Reporter Media, Toronto Family Monthly (Canada). Awards and honors; The best youth of the country in the field of experimental directing by the Presidential Institution and the Elite Center in the National Festival of Hazrat Ali Akbar. Statue of directing an experimental short film from the Cinema House celebration. Honorary diploma for the best experimental short film from the 28th Tehran Short Film Festival in the international section. Nominated for the Best Short Film at the Cinema House Celebration, Warsaw Short Film Festival (2015), Bosnian Jahorina, and Sunny Side Festival.
EXPERIMENTAL

Farhad Gholami

Bachelor of cinema from Soore university. Directing the short films “ Shadow Taller than Me “, All for Sale “, “ A Nightmare’s Tale” and “Neighbors”. He has participated in the Golden Apricot Festival of Armenia, the Hamburg International Film Festival, the IndieCork International Film Festival in Ireland, the Izmir International shortfilm Festival in Turkey, and won the best experimental short film award at the Tehran Short Film Festival.”
EXPERIMENTAL

Mohammad Esmaeili

Born on March 12, 1983, Tehran. Photographer and filmmaker. He started photography experimentally in 2001 and entered the professional field in 2007 with photography for the cinema weekly. He has collaborated with prestigious cultural and artistic publications, such as Film Monthly, Royesh Monthly, and Chelchelragh. His first solo exhibition was held in 2010 at the Artists’ House under the name “Tehran, Multi-degrees Angle”. He has already participated in group exhibitions at home and abroad. The beginning of his cinematic activities is related to filmmaking courses at the Film School and Karnameh Institute. He has made short films “Newzeif”, “Hidden Army”, “Operation 747” and “Short Wave”. He is a member of the short film class of the Cinema House and a member of the ISFA Academy and founded the cultural media “Didart”. Mohammad Esmaili has won numerous prestigious awards from domestic and foreign festivals.
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Esmaeel Monsef

Born in 1975. He is a graduate of Behandish cinema school of Tehran. Member of the Editors’ Association and the Cinema House Short Film Association. Writing and directing. He made the short films “Oyan” in 2009, “Under the Flag”in 2011, “Aghla” in 2013 and “Ardak” in 2015, the TV movie “Tears and Prayers” for the French Arte channel, the documentary “Peace” in 2012 and the movie “Kömür (The Charcoal) “in 2019. Editing several documentaries, short film, and movies such as: “A Minor Leap”, “Borderless”, documentaries: “I Want to Be A King”, “Recipe”, “The rock”, “Slowness”. Attending in the world festivals as a director such as: Clermont, France, Telluride of America, Thessaloniki of Greece, Chicago of America, Leeds of England, Winterthur of Switzerland, Pooneh of India, Fajr of Iran, etc. Attending international festivals as an editor, such as: Cannes (France), Berlin (Germany), IDFA (Netherlands), Hatdax (Canada), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Tampere (Finland), Tokyo (Japan), etc. Winning foreign and domestic awards such as the best short film of the Trento Festival in Italy, Jury Prize of Oriental Festival(Switzerland), Izmir Festival Jury Prize(Turkish), Award for the best film at Athens Film Festival in Greece, Grand Prize of the Mountain Festival of Italy, Dhaka Festival Jury Award(Bangladesh), Award for the best compilation of the Iranian Documentary Cinema Association (Cinema House), Award for the best screenplay from Tehran Short Film Festival, Award for the best short film at the varesh Film Festival, Award for the best short film from Parvin Etesami Festival, etc.
JURY MEMBERS

Ashkan Rahgozar

Born in 1986. Tehran. He is an Author, director, and film maker of Animation. he is founder and chief executive of Hoorakhsh studios. He has Graduated from BA degree of graphic design and MA degree in illustration. Since 2000 he has started his professional career in SABA Animation center, and in 2008 he established his own animation production studio, Hoorakhsh. He is also a member of ASIFA Hollywood. The animated film “The Last Story”, which has won 15 national and international awards and been shown in more than 32 countries, is his first feature film. This animation also participated in the 2020 Oscar competition as a representative of Iran and was shown for the first time in the most important animation festival, the International Annecy Festival in France in the non-competitive section. Rahgazar has made more than 20 titles of short animations, music videos, animation collections and advertising teasers. He has also been the author and curator of designing six comic titles (graphic novels) about the cinematic animation “The Last Story”. It is worth mentioning that “Farah Izadi “is the first independent game produced in Hoorakhsh Studio, produced by Rahgozar, who has been the artistic director of several games before.
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Bahram Tavakoli

Born in 1976. Hamedan. Screenwriter and director. He holds a master’s degree in dramatic literature from Tarbiat Modares University. He began his cinematic activity with directing short films. He has participated in the production of several television programs as a stage designer and screenwriter and has also been a member of the selection and judging panel at several short film festivals over the years. He has directed the films “Red Wisdom”, “Barefoot in Paradise”, “A Walk in the Fog in the Fog”, “Here Without Me”, “The Shallow Yellow Sky”, “Biganeh (Alien)”, “I am Diego Maradona”, “Closer”, “Abu Ghraib Strait”, “Gholamreza Takhti” and “Zero Day “ He also won Simorgh Best First Film from the 25th Fajr Film Festival, The winner of Simorgh for the second best film from the 29th Fajr Film Festival, the award for the best screenplay film from the 4th and 5th Iranian Film Critics Festival, award for the best director from the 33rd Fajr Film Festival, the award for the best director from the 36th Fajr Film Festival...
JURY MEMBERS

Hamidreza Lotfian

Director of cinematography. He started its activity in 1987 in Hamedan Youth Cinema Society. Director of cinematography of more than 40 short films, documentaries, fiction, and movies. A decade of teaching photography and cinematography. Artistic director of several publications, festival, national and international cultural and artistic project, … Among the cinematic works: “The Old and Sorrowful Song of Asmar’s Rainy Afternoon”, “Walking in the Fog “directed by Majid Barzegar, “Stone Blooms “directed by Azizollah Hamidnezhad and “Bone “directed by Farhad Alizadeh Ahi.
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Roghayeh Tavakoli

Born in 1985, Yazd. Holds a diploma in graphics, a bachelor’s degree in cinema and a master’s degree in dramatic literature from Soore university of Tehran. Lecturer and director of the department of cinema and photography at Yazd university of culture and arts. Associate member of the Iranian Short Film Association, member of the Directors Association of the Iranian Cinema House. She has internship certificates of MBC network, Abbas Kiarostami workshop in Dubai, workshop of the Lodz Film School in Poland with the participation of Professor Richard Lunchowski Writer and director of “Motherhood “and “Mehran “feature films. Making more than thirty short and documentary films and participating in more than two hundred domestic and foreign festivals and winning more than fifty prestigious national and international awards, including the International Women’s Festival of Armenia and the Dubai International Innovation Festival, Parvin Etesami, Rouyesh, International Festival of City Film and Tampere Film Festival of Finland, Resistance Festival and Gulf Festival, Serbia Short Film Festival, Razavi Short Film Festival, Isar Short Film Festival, Hasanat Short Film Festival and…
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Ruhollah Hejazi

Born in 1979. Director and screenwriter. He has a second-class degree in directing from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. Hejazi began his cinematic career with directing of short films. His first feature film was “Among the Clouds”. He directed the films “Bright”, “The Dark Room”, “Hayhat”, “Death of a Fish”, “Emerald green”, “Married Life of Mr. Mahmoudi and lady”, “The Private Life of Mr. and Mrs. M”, and “Among the Clouds”. And nominated for the Grand Prize of the Montreal International Film Festival, nominated for the New Vision Jury Prize at the Pam Springs International Film Festival, And Crystal Simorgh of the best film in the field of art and experience.
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Mohammad Reza Delpak

Born in 1964, Tehran. He is a sound designer, sound engineer, sound mixer and lecturer of Iranian cinema. He is also known as the first sound designer of Iranian cinema. He has already received the Crystal Simorgh, 10 times for the best sound from the Fajr Film Festival and is a record holder in this regard. He has also been nominated more than 41 times in various festivals and has won 21 times. From his collection of works can be mentioned sound design of movie “Guerrilla Tara”, “Water, wind, soil”, “Cease Feud”, “Children of Heaven”, “Taste of Cherry”, “Bright Nights”, “About Elly “and “A Separation”.
هیئت داوری

Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour

Born in 1963, Tehran. Graduated from Iran Broadcasting University, producer, and director. He started his artistic activity in 1987 by directing short films. Other side activities include Deputy of War department, Farabi Cinema Foundation, the head of the Experimental Cinema Center, Group Director of Children and Adolescents (channel 2), Managing director of Farabi Cinema Foundation, The artistic deputy of the Tehran Municipality Cultural and Artistic Organization and the managing director of the Cinema House. He has directed the movies “We Have Guests”, “Five Past Seven”, “Eqlima”, “Ghadmagah”, “Flight in Infinity “and directed the TV series “Do Not Leave Me”, “Hot Breath”, “Mania “and several others. Candidate of Crystal Simorgh for Best Director in the 22nd period of Fajr Film Festival, Candidate of Crystal Simorgh for the first and second-best films in the 22nd period of Fajr Film Festival, Winner of Crystal Simorgh, the best work of art and experience of the 22nd Fajr Festival, Winner of Crystal Simorgh of the best film in the second films section of the director in the 22nd Fajr Festival, Nominated for Crystal Simorgh for the best director at the 25th Fajr Film Festival, Candidate of Crystal Simorgh for the best director at the 32nd Fajr Film Festival and the award for the best Asian film at the Fajr Film Festival in 2013.
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Naser Saffarian

Born in 1975. Director, documentary filmmaker and film critic. Among his activities, we can mention the vice president and board member of the Iranian Cinema Documentary Filmmakers Association, the board member of the Iranian Cinema Critics and Writers Association, Responsible for screenings of Verité Cinema Hall, Documentary and Experimental Cinema Development Center, Publication of cinematic reviews and notes in the press.His films include: “I am just a poet, officer”, “The Night of Infatuation”, The crossed of memories”, “The Emperor and Us”, “Foot to foot of freedom”, “Care for Me Lady”, “Memories in the Frame”, “Freedom in Fog”, “A Good Time for Tragedy”, “Auto Stop”, “The Song of The Sun”, “Summit of the Wave”, “The Mirror of the Soul”, “The Cold Green”. He is also the author of the books “A Man Who Does Not Look Like His Poetry” (about Ahmad Reza Ahmadi) and “Ayaha-ye Ah” (Untold Stories from Forough Farrokhzad’s Life and Work).
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Esmaeel Monsef

Born in 1975. He is a graduate of Behandish cinema school of Tehran. Member of the Editors’ Association and the Cinema House Short Film Association. Writing and directing. He made the short films “Oyan” in 2009, “Under the Flag”in 2011, “Aghla” in 2013 and “Ardak” in 2015, the TV movie “Tears and Prayers” for the French Arte channel, the documentary “Peace” in 2012 and the movie “Kömür (The Charcoal) “in 2019. Editing several documentaries, short film, and movies such as: “A Minor Leap”, “Borderless”, documentaries: “I Want to Be A King”, “Recipe”, “The rock”, “Slowness”. Attending in the world festivals as a director such as: Clermont, France, Telluride of America, Thessaloniki of Greece, Chicago of America, Leeds of England, Winterthur of Switzerland, Pooneh of India, Fajr of Iran, etc. Attending international festivals as an editor, such as: Cannes (France), Berlin (Germany), IDFA (Netherlands), Hatdax (Canada), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Tampere (Finland), Tokyo (Japan), etc. Winning foreign and domestic awards such as the best short film of the Trento Festival in Italy, Jury Prize of Oriental Festival(Switzerland), Izmir Festival Jury Prize(Turkish), Award for the best film at Athens Film Festival in Greece, Grand Prize of the Mountain Festival of Italy, Dhaka Festival Jury Award(Bangladesh), Award for the best compilation of the Iranian Documentary Cinema Association (Cinema House), Award for the best screenplay from Tehran Short Film Festival, Award for the best short film at the varesh Film Festival, Award for the best short film from Parvin Etesami Festival, etc.
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Ashkan Rahgozar

Born in 1986. Tehran. He is an Author, director, and film maker of Animation. he is founder and chief executive of Hoorakhsh studios. He has Graduated from BA degree of graphic design and MA degree in illustration. Since 2000 he has started his professional career in SABA Animation center, and in 2008 he established his own animation production studio, Hoorakhsh. He is also a member of ASIFA Hollywood. The animated film “The Last Story”, which has won 15 national and international awards and been shown in more than 32 countries, is his first feature film. This animation also participated in the 2020 Oscar competition as a representative of Iran and was shown for the first time in the most important animation festival, the International Annecy Festival in France in the non-competitive section. Rahgazar has made more than 20 titles of short animations, music videos, animation collections and advertising teasers. He has also been the author and curator of designing six comic titles (graphic novels) about the cinematic animation “The Last Story”. It is worth mentioning that “Farah Izadi “is the first independent game produced in Hoorakhsh Studio, produced by Rahgozar, who has been the artistic director of several games before.
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Bahram Tavakoli

Born in 1976. Hamedan. Screenwriter and director. He holds a master’s degree in dramatic literature from Tarbiat Modares University. He began his cinematic activity with directing short films. He has participated in the production of several television programs as a stage designer and screenwriter and has also been a member of the selection and judging panel at several short film festivals over the years. He has directed the films “Red Wisdom”, “Barefoot in Paradise”, “A Walk in the Fog in the Fog”, “Here Without Me”, “The Shallow Yellow Sky”, “Biganeh (Alien)”, “I am Diego Maradona”, “Closer”, “Abu Ghraib Strait”, “Gholamreza Takhti” and “Zero Day “ He also won Simorgh Best First Film from the 25th Fajr Film Festival, The winner of Simorgh for the second best film from the 29th Fajr Film Festival, the award for the best screenplay film from the 4th and 5th Iranian Film Critics Festival, award for the best director from the 33rd Fajr Film Festival, the award for the best director from the 36th Fajr Film Festival...
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Hamidreza Lotfian

Director of cinematography. He started its activity in 1987 in Hamedan Youth Cinema Society. Director of cinematography of more than 40 short films, documentaries, fiction, and movies. A decade of teaching photography and cinematography. Artistic director of several publications, festival, national and international cultural and artistic project, … Among the cinematic works: “The Old and Sorrowful Song of Asmar’s Rainy Afternoon”, “Walking in the Fog “directed by Majid Barzegar, “Stone Blooms “directed by Azizollah Hamidnezhad and “Bone “directed by Farhad Alizadeh Ahi.
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Roghayeh Tavakoli

Born in 1985, Yazd. Holds a diploma in graphics, a bachelor’s degree in cinema and a master’s degree in dramatic literature from Soore university of Tehran. Lecturer and director of the department of cinema and photography at Yazd university of culture and arts. Associate member of the Iranian Short Film Association, member of the Directors Association of the Iranian Cinema House. She has internship certificates of MBC network, Abbas Kiarostami workshop in Dubai, workshop of the Lodz Film School in Poland with the participation of Professor Richard Lunchowski Writer and director of “Motherhood “and “Mehran “feature films. Making more than thirty short and documentary films and participating in more than two hundred domestic and foreign festivals and winning more than fifty prestigious national and international awards, including the International Women’s Festival of Armenia and the Dubai International Innovation Festival, Parvin Etesami, Rouyesh, International Festival of City Film and Tampere Film Festival of Finland, Resistance Festival and Gulf Festival, Serbia Short Film Festival, Razavi Short Film Festival, Isar Short Film Festival, Hasanat Short Film Festival and…
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Ruhollah Hejazi

Born in 1979. Director and screenwriter. He has a second-class degree in directing from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. Hejazi began his cinematic career with directing of short films. His first feature film was “Among the Clouds”. He directed the films “Bright”, “The Dark Room”, “Hayhat”, “Death of a Fish”, “Emerald green”, “Married Life of Mr. Mahmoudi and lady”, “The Private Life of Mr. and Mrs. M”, and “Among the Clouds”. And nominated for the Grand Prize of the Montreal International Film Festival, nominated for the New Vision Jury Prize at the Pam Springs International Film Festival, And Crystal Simorgh of the best film in the field of art and experience.
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Mohammad Reza Delpak

Born in 1964, Tehran. He is a sound designer, sound engineer, sound mixer and lecturer of Iranian cinema. He is also known as the first sound designer of Iranian cinema. He has already received the Crystal Simorgh, 10 times for the best sound from the Fajr Film Festival and is a record holder in this regard. He has also been nominated more than 41 times in various festivals and has won 21 times. From his collection of works can be mentioned sound design of movie “Guerrilla Tara”, “Water, wind, soil”, “Cease Feud”, “Children of Heaven”, “Taste of Cherry”, “Bright Nights”, “About Elly “and “A Separation”.
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Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour

Born in 1963, Tehran. Graduated from Iran Broadcasting University, producer, and director. He started his artistic activity in 1987 by directing short films. Other side activities include Deputy of War department, Farabi Cinema Foundation, the head of the Experimental Cinema Center, Group Director of Children and Adolescents (channel 2), Managing director of Farabi Cinema Foundation, The artistic deputy of the Tehran Municipality Cultural and Artistic Organization and the managing director of the Cinema House. He has directed the movies “We Have Guests”, “Five Past Seven”, “Eqlima”, “Ghadmagah”, “Flight in Infinity “and directed the TV series “Do Not Leave Me”, “Hot Breath”, “Mania “and several others. Candidate of Crystal Simorgh for Best Director in the 22nd period of Fajr Film Festival, Candidate of Crystal Simorgh for the first and second-best films in the 22nd period of Fajr Film Festival, Winner of Crystal Simorgh, the best work of art and experience of the 22nd Fajr Festival, Winner of Crystal Simorgh of the best film in the second films section of the director in the 22nd Fajr Festival, Nominated for Crystal Simorgh for the best director at the 25th Fajr Film Festival, Candidate of Crystal Simorgh for the best director at the 32nd Fajr Film Festival and the award for the best Asian film at the Fajr Film Festival in 2013.
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Naser Saffarian

Born in 1975. Director, documentary filmmaker and film critic. Among his activities, we can mention the vice president and board member of the Iranian Cinema Documentary Filmmakers Association, the board member of the Iranian Cinema Critics and Writers Association, Responsible for screenings of Verité Cinema Hall, Documentary and Experimental Cinema Development Center, Publication of cinematic reviews and notes in the press.His films include: “I am just a poet, officer”, “The Night of Infatuation”, The crossed of memories”, “The Emperor and Us”, “Foot to foot of freedom”, “Care for Me Lady”, “Memories in the Frame”, “Freedom in Fog”, “A Good Time for Tragedy”, “Auto Stop”, “The Song of The Sun”, “Summit of the Wave”, “The Mirror of the Soul”, “The Cold Green”. He is also the author of the books “A Man Who Does Not Look Like His Poetry” (about Ahmad Reza Ahmadi) and “Ayaha-ye Ah” (Untold Stories from Forough Farrokhzad’s Life and Work).
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