French film festival to screen Iranian ‘Birthday Night’

Iranian short film ‘Birthday Night’ has been set to compete at the 40th edition of the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival in France.

Written and directed by Omid Shams, the flick narrates the story of two friends and business partners, Ahmad and Ali, who face unexpected challenges on their birthday night.

The other works by the director, Shams, has won a number of awards and nominations at different film festivals, including the Miami Short Film Festival and the Ohio Independent Film Festival in the US as well as the Tehran International Short Film Festival in Iran.

Known for making ‘The Passage’, the director has received the best short film award from Tehran International Short Film Festival for ‘Birthday Night’.

The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival is the biggest international film festival dedicated to short films. It is held annually in Clermont-Ferrand, France, and is the second largest film festival in France after Cannes, in terms of audience and professional attendance, boasting more than 160,000 attendees and 3,500 professionals annually.

The 40th edition of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival is slated for 2-10 February, 2018.

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