Interview with a filmmaker: “Milan Zulic” the director of the short movie “Infinity”
1.Tell us about your movie, where did the idea of this movie come from? I found a connection between an old photograph of an unknown author and a poem from the 17th century written by the poet Tukaram, which was read by Samaneri Jayasara in a beautiful and profound way: “I have found the sea, […]
Interview with a filmmaker: “Ovsanna Shekoyan” the director of the short movie “Handstand”
1.Tell us about your movie, where did the idea of this movie come from? The film is about a young Physical Education teacher in a remote village. His life dramatically turns upside down when one of the kids faints during his class. Some parts of the story are based on a true event, through which […]
Interview with MATTIA BIOLI the director of the short movie In Memory Of
1.Tell us about your movie, where did the idea of this movie come from? ‘In Memory Of’ takes inspiration from a ironic reflection: when our very last photo or memory disappears it is like we physically never existed. Based on this idea of possibly losing everything, I invented a new visual language achievable with every […]
Interview with Steve Bache the director of the short movie Fatjona
1.Tell us about your movie, where did the idea of this movie come from? The idea of the film came from my colleague who visited Sulukta – town of miners. I was interested while he was talking about the town and the people living there and working in mines. 2.Tell us about yourself, your education, […]
Interview with Andreas Dürr the director of the short movie DISCONNECTED HEAD
1.Tell us about your movie, where did the idea of this movie come from? I started to experiment with an animation style I used for the storyboard of my previous short film, where I used simple silhouettes to pre-visualize my shots. I developed this look further and realized that I could do the shots very […]
Interview with Adilet Karzhoev the director of the short movie Black Wagon
1.Tell us about your movie, where did the idea of this movie come from? The idea of the film came from my colleague who visited Sulukta – town of miners. I was interested while he was talking about the town and the people living there and working in mines. 2.Tell us about yourself, your education, […]
Interview with Between the Words the director of the short movie Farid Ismaïl
1.Tell us about your movie, where did the idea of this movie come from? The movie is about a young student who tries to pass his oral exam about freedom of speech, but he stutters, so he tries to get over it to express himself… The idea came from my personal life. I am myself […]
Interview with Jonathan Pêpe the director of the short movie Bassin of attraction
1.Tell us about your movie, where did the idea of this movie come from? I had the idea for the film during a creation residency in Rome just after the first confinement for covid 19. It was a very strange moment because it was summer and tourism had not yet really picked up. I was […]
Mehdi Azarpendar
Mehdi Azarpendar Tehran -1989 film critic, lead editor, member of the editorial board, Screenwriter Education Graduated from Iran University of Science and Technology ¡Employment History CEO of the Iranian Youth Cinema Societv Director of the Television films and Series department of the RIB TV3 (2018- 2021) Member of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Republic […]
International Line Up: 39th Tehran International Short Film Festival
Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) announces its selected films to compete in the international program of its 39th edition. According to the international Affairs department of TISFF, this year more than 5000 films from 131 countries were submitted to the festival and 59 films amongst them were chosen by the international selection committee to […]
