About us

TISFF is one of the oldest short film festivals not only in Iran, but also in the region. The festival is a qualifying festival for the academy awards and has been the host of international,well known festival directors and cineastes from around the world.
Tehran International Short Film Festival is organized by Iranian Youth Cinema Society.
Iranian Youth cinema Society (IYCS) is an independent educational film organization which has been established almost 40 years ago.
IYCS is associated to the Iranian Ministry of Culture and has 60 branches around the country; the main branch is located in Tehran.
The main activity of IYCS is concentrated in 3 fields: educating mainly the youth in the field of cinema in compacted one year film course, producing short
films and distribution of produced short films from all over the country.
IYCS also submits a selection of its short film production to the short film festivals around the world.
Tehran Short Film Festival is also a member of International Short Film Conference (ISFC).
The ISFC has been in existence since 1970 as a non-profit association for the promotion of the short film. Since that time, interest in shorts has grown
dramatically and the ISFC now includes over sixty members from all over the world.
The ISFC is the only international organization in the world seeking to unite the global short film community. Since its early days, the ISFC has extended
its activities considerably, but the basic idea remains the same as at its inception:
“To enable the different players in the short film world to work together and share their experience in an informal, non-political and flexible atmosphere