Iran Press/Iran News: The Grand Prix of the Tehran International Short Film Festival went to ‘In Between’ by Aliyar Rasti.
According to Iran Press, the main goal of Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) is introduction of the world’s best short films and creating a constructive competition between filmmakers from across the world.
The 35th Tehran International Film Festival was held in the Iranian capital from Nov. 9-13 November 2018 and 72 Films from 30 countries compete at Tehran's Festival.
The festival screened Iranian and foreign short films from different countries of the world. This year, it has received an overall of 5,050 films in four sections (main, features, animation and documentary) from 121 countries out of which the festival’s selection board finally picked up 72 films from 30 countries to compete in the four sections.
The 35th Tehran International Short Film Festival announced the winners during the closing ceremony on Tuesday night.
The winners in various categories are as follows:
Best Film in Art & Experience: ‘The Fox’ by Sadegh Javadi
Iranian Short Film Association Award: ‘Dissect’ by Siavash Shahabi
Grand Prix in International Competition: ‘Dissect’ by Siavash Shahabi
UNICEF Awards:
Mention: ‘Fellow Citizen of War’ by Ahmad Zaeri
Main Award: ‘Dolly’ by Ali Delkari
International Competition:
Best Documentary: ‘And What is the Summer Saying?’ by Payal Kapadia – India
Best Animation (Mention): ‘Agouro’ – Portugal, France
Best Animation: ‘Weekends’ – USA
Best Fiction: ‘Fauve’ – Canada
Best Fiction (Mention): ‘The Beetle at the End of the Street’ – Spain
Iranian Cinema Competition:
Best Cinematography: Sina Kermanizadeh for ‘Reverence’
Best Script: Omid Shams for ‘Dilemma’
Best Editing: Katayoun Parmar and Mohammad Rouhbakhsh for 'You're Still Here'
Best Sound Editing: Hosein Ghourchian for 'Am I a Wolf?'
Best Director (Animation): Mahboubeh Kalei for ‘Sink’
Mention (Animation): Sadegh Javadi for ‘The Fox’
Best Director (Documentary): Sajjad Imani for ‘Joker’ ; Seyed Mostafa Fakhari for ‘Dolls Story’
Best Director (Experimental): Pouya Razi for ‘Not Being’
Best Actor: Soheil Ghanadan for ‘Borther’ ; Alireza Sanifar for ‘Dissect’
Best Actress: Neda Jebraeeli for ‘Cinderella’
Best Director (Mention): Mohamamd Kart for ‘Pedovore’
Best Director Award: Sogol Rezvani for ‘Reverence’
Special Jury Award (Fiction): Siavash Shahabi for ‘Dissect’
Best Film (on Sacred Defense): 'Empty View' by Ali Zare
Audience Award: ‘Pedovore’ by Mohammad Kart
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