Shortlist for Iran cinema indie event out

Iranian House of Cinema reveals shortlisted films for the Independent Short Film Celebrations.

A total of 46 short films from 49 filmmakers out of 431 registered short films have been selected for the eighth edition of the event in Tehran.

The jury panel includes names such as Maryam Esmi Khani, Ebrahim Irajzad, Mahdi Boustani, Saeed Pour-Esmaeili, Kaveh Sajjadi-Hosseini and Abuzar Saffarian.

Some of the selected films are ‘Alan’ directed by Mostafa Gandomkar,‌ Bahman and Bahram Ark’s ‘Animal’, ‘Lunch Time’ by Alireza Ghasemi, Toofan Nahan Ghodraty’s ‘Zona’, ‘Not Yet’ by Arian Vazir Daftari and ‘Gaze’ directed by Farnoush Samadi.

The eighth edition of the Short Film Indie Celebration is scheduled to be launched September 2017 in Tehran.

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