40th Fajr Film Festival announces shorts lineup

The Fajr Film Festival (FFF) in Iran has announced the lineup for the short flicks to vie at the 40th edition of the event.

The selection committee, comprised of Ahmad-Reza Motamedi, Danesh Oqbashavi, and Hamed Jafari, selected the following ten titles to participate in the short film competition section of the 40th FFF:

‘Gazelle’ produced and directed by Mahsa Razavi

‘Alliance’ directed by Reza Nejati and produced by Solmaz Vazirzadeh

‘Coffin’ produced and directed by Akbar Zare

‘The Past’ produced and directed by Hamid Mohammadi

‘Deer’ directed by Hadi Babaeefar and produced by Mahmoud Ghaffari and Hadi Babaeefar

‘Leo’ produced and directed by Mohammad-Moeen Rouholamini

‘Majan’ directed by Fardin Ansari

‘Hajarou’ produced and directed by Afshin Akhlaqi-Feyz-Asar

‘Never, Sometimes, Perhaps’ directed by Shadi Karamroudi and produced by Arian Vazir-Daftari

‘Longing’ produced and directed by Houra Tabatabaee

Presided over by Masoud Naqqashzadeh, the 40th FFF will take place in Tehran on February 1-11, 2022 in two cultural and competitive sections.

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