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The shorts films made by the

Iranian Women Filmmakers

‹ Fiction
‹ Fiction- Documentary
‹ Documentary
‹ Animation
‹ Experimental

Production Company:
Iranian Young Cinema Society ( IYCS )
Documentary & Experimental Film Center ( DEFC )
Address: 17, Ghandi SQ, Shariati Ave.,
15569, Tehran-Iran
Tel: 0098-21-88511241
Fax: 0098-21-88511242
E-Mail: naderi@iycs.ir
Web site: www.shortfilm.ir
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Aan(Means glimpse and that


in Persian)
(Aan)
Director: Poopak Mozafari
Scriptwriter: Poopak Mozafari
Director of Photography: Touraj Aslani
Editor: Hamidreza Ghorbani
Sound: Farshid Ahmadi
Category: Fiction
Format: DVCam
Duration: 15’
Synopsis: The man in charge of an abandoned Producer: Poopak Mozafari
railway station in desert paints his mind and Color
wishes, until one night a passenger arrives. With English subtitle
Festivals:
-Tehran 9th International and 21st National Short Film
Festival (Iran-2004) won the prize of best fiction film
-Avanca Int.Film Festival ( Portugal-2005 )

All our images are true


( Hameye tasavire ma vagheei hastand)
Director: Mehrnoush Hashemi
Scriptwriter: Mehrnoush Hashemi
Director of Photography: Kambiz Koushan
Editor: Mehrnoush Hashemi
Sound: Ahmad Kalantari
Category: Fiction
Format: 16mm
Duration: 4', 42"
Color
With English Subtitle
Synopsis: A film about the basic tools of cinema
light " and " sound ".

Boy, Girl, Old Man


(Pesar, Dokhtar, Piremard)
Director: Monir Gheydi
Scriptwriter: Monir Gheydi
Director of Photography: Mohammad Ali Gholizadeh
Editor: Mehdi Rastegar Rashed
Sound: Hossein Bashash
Category: Fiction
Format: Betacam
Duration: 11’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: An old shoemaker everyday sees that
a boy wants to communicate with a girl. Festivals:
Then he is going to review his memories. - 10th Kinofilm, Manchester International Short Film
Festival ( UK-2006 )
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Chance
( Forsat )
Director: Mojgan Farah Avar Moghadam
Scriptwriter: Mojgan Farah Avar Moghadam
Director of Photography: Ali Loghmani
Editor: Mojgan Farah Avar Moghadam
Sound: Amir Hossein Ghasemi
Category: Fiction
Format: 35mm
Duration: 20’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: Having known about her illness, a
woman gets involved in some problems.

Clusters of love
( Khoshehaye Eshgh )
Director: Afsaneh Monadi
Scriptwriter: Afsaneh Monadi
Director of photography: Farshad Khaleghi
Editor: Nader Moghadas
Sound: Garnik Yadegarian
Category: Fiction
Format: 35mm
Duration: 16’
Color
Without dialogue
Synopsis: An old woman reviews her memories
of meeting, marrying and living with her late
husband. Festivals:
- Kerala Int.Film Festival , (India-2001)
- Toronto Int.Film Festival
( Canada- 2001 ), “ Spotlight to Iran “ Section
- Huesca Int.Film Festival ( Spain- 2001 )

The cold moon


( Mahe sard )
Director: Afsaneh Monadi
Scriptwriter: Afsaneh Monadi
Director of Photography: Fereydoun Shirdel
Editor: Yavar Tourang
Sound: Massoud Shahverdi
Category: Fiction
Format: DVCam
Duration: 28’, 53”
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: A young couple causes the death of
an old man unwillingly in the car accident.
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The contact
( Tamaas )
Director: Farahnaz Gholam Poor
Scriptwriter: Farahnaz Gholam Poor
Director of Photography: Bayram Fazli
Editor: Mehdi Asadi
Sound: Samad Gharah Chokhani
Category: Fiction
Format: Betacam
Duration: 19’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: “ Simin “ is a handicapped girl who is
forced to marry.

The daily moonings


( Parsehaye Rouzaneh )
Director: Masoumeh Firouzi
Scriptwriter: Masoumeh Firouzi
Director of Photography: Bayram Fazli
Editor: Houra Maleki
Sound: Houra Maleki
Category: Fiction
Format: 35mm
Duration: 5’
Color
Without dialogue
Synopsis: This film is about the 24 hours of a
woman’s daily life.

Death of an old poor man


( Marge Yek Faghir )
Director: Afsaneh Monadi
Scriptwriter: Afsaneh Monadi
Director of Photography: Fereydoun Shirdel
Editor: Yavar Tourang
Sound: Massoud Shahverdi
Category: Fiction
Format: DVCam
Duration: 24’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: An old poor man is dead. The story of
this film is about his funeral ceremony.
87 FICTION

Desire of flying
( Shoghe Parvaz )
Director: Ladan Shahparian
Scriptwriter: Ladan Shahparian
Director of Photography: Hamid Ghorbani Faraz
Editor: Khosrow Shojaei
Sound: Bahram Behzadi
Category: Fiction
Format: 35mm
Duration: 30’
Color
Synopsis: An eight-year-old girl boy who lost
his mother wants to do something special.

Dictation
( Dikte )
Director: Azita Shokouhi
Scriptwriter: Azita Shokouhi
Director of Photography: Mohammad Reza
Delshad
Editor: Manouchehr Olyaei
Sound: Mohammad Mokhtari
Category: Fiction
Format: 16 mm
Duration: 10’
Color
Synopsis: How are you supposed to practice With English subtitle
dictation when nobody wants to help?
Festivals:
- 17th Hamburg Int.Short Film Festival
(Germany-2001)

The fall
( Paeiz )
Director: Leily Aj
Scriptwriter: Leily Aj
Director of Photography: Esmaeil Aghajani
Editor: Leily Aj
Sound: Massoud Behnam
Category: Fiction
Format: 16mm
Duration: 3’, 30”
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: The little girl is drawing pictures with
green colors. Her painting is left under a tree,
and autumn leaves fall over it, turning it to yellow
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The fetus
( Janin )
Director: Marjaneh Danekar
Scriptwriter: Marjaneh Danekar
Director of Photography: Ramin Eshragh
Editor: Ramin Sanjabi
Sound: Behrang Sanjabi
Category: Fiction
Format: Betacam
Duration: 25’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: A young girl is going to marry a man
as his second wife. His first wife is suffering from
a bad illness.

The final request


( Akharin Taghaza )
Director: Marjaneh Danekar
Scriptwriter: Marjaneh Danekar
Director of Photography: Ramin Eshragh
Editor: Behrang Sanjabi
Category: Fiction
Format: Betacam
Duration: 1’
Color
Without dialogue
Synopsis: In a children’s hospital a sick child
intends to comply with another sick child’s final
request.

The first trip


( Safare Aval )
Director: Nahid Ghobadi
Scriptwriter: Nahid Ghobadi
Director of Photography: Hamid Ghavami
Editor: Amir Shafieian
Category: Fiction
Format: DVCam
Duration: 11’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: An old man decides to visit his son
who is a soldier near the boarder.
89 FICTION

Green, Red, Blue


(Sabz, Ghermez, Abi)
Director: Saeedeh Nik Akhtar
Scriptwriter: Azadeh Soleimani
Director of Photography: Amin Jafari
Editor: Siavoush Jamali
Category: Fiction
Format: DVCam
Duration: 10’
Producer: Saeedeh Nik Akhtar
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: A rural boy does not have the colorful
television at his home He is painting in order to
participate at the painting competition.

Heravas
( Heravas )
Director: Leily Aj
Scriptwriter: Leily Aj
Director of Photography: Farshid Faraji
Editor: Aman Shahlaei
Sound: Bijan Hejazi
Category: Fiction
Format: Betacam
Duration: 15’, 35”
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: There is a field mine around a village
so there are no way for the people to go out or in
the village and they are in the shortage of food.

The house is white


( Khaneh Sefid Ast )
Director: Tayebeh Falakian
Scriptwriter: Tayebeh Falakian
Director of Photography: Seyyed Nasser Mahin Taheri
Editor: Bahram Dehghani
Category: Fiction
Format: 35mm
Duration: 17’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: Waiting for her friend, Narges every Festivals:
day goes to school in a neighboring village. - Toronto Int.Short Film Festival ( Canada-2002)
90 FICTION

I and myself
(Man va Khodam)
Director: Mandana Karimi
Scriptwriter: Mandana Karimi
Director of Photography: Mehrdad Oskouei
Editor: Ebrahim Saeedi
Category: Fiction
Format: 35mm
Duration: 10’
Color
Without dialogue
Synopsis: An artist paints a fantastic picture of a Festivals:
child. The picture is transformed into a doll who 19th Int.Festival of Films for Children and Young Adults
starts looking around with curiosity. ( Isfehan-Iran 2004 )

The integral of negative infinity


(Integral Menha ye Binahayat)
Director: Aida Panahandeh
Scriptwriters: Aida Panahandeh,Samira Cheriki
Director of Photography: Keyvan Yousefi
Editor: Farzaneh Ahadi
Sound: Farzaneh Ahadi
Category: Fiction
Format: DVCam
Duration: 16’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: The story of this film is about a boy
who gets involved some mental problems when
he has to take the entrance exam

Just like a dream


( Mesle yek rouya )
Director: Marjaneh Danekar
Scriptwriter: Marjaneh Danekar
Director of Photography: Seyed Mehdi Eshragh
Editor: Behrouz Tahmasebi
Sound: Seyed Mehdi Eshragh
Category: Fiction
Format: Betacam
Duration: 30’
Color
Synopsis: A rural young boy, who has migrat- With English subtitle
ed to Tehran for many years, is facing the reali-
ties. He prefers to live with his own dreams.
91 FICTION

Khatoon
( Khatoon )
Director: Arezou Baradaran Ebrahimi
Scriptwriter: Arezou Baradaran Ebrahimi
Director of Photography: Sadegh Milani
Editor: Arezou Baradaran Ebrahimi
Category: Fiction
Format: 35mm
Duration: 13’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: The story of this film is about a little
girl who is going to see some events.

The line
( Khat )
Director: Zari Amir Ebrahimi
Scriptwriter: Zari Amir Ebrahimi
Director of Photography: Shahran Rashidi
Editor: Zari Amir Ebrahimi
Category: Fiction
Format: Betacam
Duration: 8’
Color
Without dialogue
Synopsis: The story of this film consists of three
independent episodes. In the first one, a little girl
is drawing a long line while is walking. In the sec-
ond, we see the short moments, from lighting to
extinguishing of some cigarettes.
And in third, we see a man in a desert with a lad-
der on his shoulder.

Look, Cage, Mirror


( Negah, Ghafas, Ayeneh )
Director: Farnaz Gheysari Poor
Scriptwriter: Farnaz Gheysari Poor
Director of Photography: Bayram Fazli
Editor: Arash Moayerian
Sound: Behrouz Abedini
Category: Fiction
Format: DVCam
Duration: 10’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: “ Nasim “ a 10-year-old girl likes the
birds. On the way of the school, she realizes a
shop which sells the birds.
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Mamma
( Naneh )
Director: Shohreh Salehi Lorestani
Scriptwriter: Shohreh Salehi Lorestani
Director of Photography: Bahram Badakhshani
Editor: Kaveh Hamidi Imani
Sound: Mehran Malakouti
Category: Fiction
Format: 16mm
Duration: 27’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: At “ Norouz “ ( New Years’ Eve ), a
lonely mamma is expecting her children. In
dream, she sees them around herself, but real-
izes it that it is just an illusion.

A moment, the whole life


( Yek lahze, Yek omr )
Director: Azita Shokouhi
Scriptwriter: Azita Shokouhi
Director of Photography: Mohammad Reza
Delshad
Editor: Mina Tajoddin
Sound: Massoud Dadgari
Category: Fiction
Format: 16mm
Duration: 1’
Color
Synopsis: A girl and a boy meet each other in a With English subtitle
park. Their relationship leads them to marriage.

Music and Anguish


( Saz va Souz )
Director: Zahra Jafari
Scriptwriter: Zahra Jafari
Director of Photography: Javad Poursamad
Editor: Houshang Nikpoor
Sound: Hossein Nouri
Category: Fiction
Format: 16mm
Duration: 19’, 45”
Color
Synopsis: The story of the life of an old musi-
Without dialogue
cian called “ Ashegh Hassani “.
93 FICTION

My doll and me
( Man Va Aroosakam )
Director: Parivash Nazarieh
Scriptwriter: Parivash Nazarieh
Director of photography: Mohammad Reza Sharifi
Editor: Mehdi Asadi
Sound: Kiarang Alaei
Category: Fiction
Format: 35mm
Duration: 13’
Color
Synopsis: The solitude of a little girl who with her With English subtitle
doll, experiences the events with her childish per-
ception in the world of grown-ups. Festivals:
- 4th Int.Short Film Festival of the Iranian Young Cinema
Society ( Iran- 1999) won the “ Grand Prize “
- Tokyo Int.Film Festival ( Japan- 1999 ), “ Cinema Prism “
Section
- Aix-en-Provence Film Festival ( France- 2000 )

The North Star


( Setareye Ghotbi )
Director: Tahereh Ashiani
Scriptwriter: Tahereh Ashiani
Director of Photography: Hashem Attar
Editor: Hossein Moshkabadian
Sound: Abbas Rastegar Pour
Category: Fiction
Format: 35mm
Duration: 20’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: A pregnant woman is waiting to birth
her child.

Nyrika
( Nyrika )
Director: Tayebeh Falakian
Scriptwriter: Abolfazl Dehghanizadeh
Director of Photography: Nasser Mahin Taheri
Editor: Abolfazl Dehghanizadeh
Sound: Massoud Jouzi
Category: Fiction
Format: Betacam
Duration: 33’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: The teacher tells the class about an
old tradition by which in 27th of Ramadan
(Fasting month), kids go to the village houses
and take little gifts which are believed to be
healing.
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On the mane of the morning


( Bar Yale Sobh )
Director: Mahnaz Nourollahifard
Scriptwriter: Mahnaz Nourollahifard
Director of photography: Houshang Salehipour
Editor: Mohammad Monzavi
Sound: Jafar Khoshkhouy
Category: Fiction
Format: Betacam
Duration: 17’
Color
Without dialogue
Synopsis: A horse which is brought to the stable
keeps dreaming of going back to the jungle. One
day when they take it out of the stable, it runs
with a herd of horses.

On the waves of memory


( Bar amvaje yad )
Director: Masoumeh Arab Khani
Scriptwriter: Masoumeh Arab Khani
Director of Photography: Mehdi Mohammadi
Editor: Hamed Bagheri
Sound: Farshid Faraji
Category: Fiction
Format: 16mm
Duration: 7’
Color
Without dialogue
Synopsis: An old woman reviews her memories.

The opportunity
( Majal )
Director: Ensiyeh Shah Hosseini
Scriptwriter: Ensiyeh Shah Hosseini
Director of Photography: Touraj Mansouri
Editor: Hayedeh Safi Yari
Sound: Mohsen Roushan
Category: Fiction
Format: 35mm
Duration: 35’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: A war photographer, who has gained
tame in the years following the Iraqi-imposed Festivals:
war, is still thinking of his missing friend. - Torino Film Festival ( Italy-2000 )
95 FICTION

The paper boat


( Ghayeghe Kaghazi )
Director: Sima Tirandaz
Scriptwriter: Amir Aghaei
Director of Photography: Keyvan Motamedi
Editor: Massoud Pakdel
Sound: Babak Jayez
Category: Fiction
Format: Betacam
Duration: 12’
Color
Without dialogue
Synopsis: The story of this film is about the
problems of a girl who wants to marry.

Parhoodeh
( Parhoodeh )
Director: Rozet Ghaderi
Scriptwriter: Rozet Ghaderi
Director of Photography: Mehdi Jafari
Editor: Mehdi Asadi
Sound: Behrouz Shahamat
Category: Fiction
Format: 35mm
Duration: 20’
Color
Synopsis: A girl is lost in the woods. She takes With English subtitle
shelter in a cottage in which a man is living. She
finds him to be her lost father.

A photo without the frame


( Akse Bedoune Ghab )
Director: Mona Zandi Haghighi
Scriptwriter: Mona Zandi Haghighi
Director of photography: Reza Jalali
Editor: Mona Zandi Haghighi
Sound: Bahman Heidari
Category: Fiction
Format: 35mm
Duration: 9’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: A man has moved to a new house. Festivals:
He finds belongings of the old tenant that makes - Screening at the program “ An Iranian
him eager to meet the person. Perspective: LIFE IN SHORTFILM “, ( USA- 2002 )
- Palm Springs Int.Short Film Festival ( USA- 2002 )
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Relation
( Ertebat )
Director: Marjaneh Danekar
Scriptwriter: Marjaneh Danekar
Director of Photography: Ramin Eshragh
Editor: Behrang Sanjabi
Category: Fiction
Format: Betacam
Duration: 1’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: The start and end of a relation through
public phone.

Season looking
( Fasle Negah )
Director: Safoura Ahmadi
Scriptwriter: Safoura Ahmadi
Director of Photography: Javad Khamis Abadi
Editor: Safoura Ahmadi
Sound: Hossein Sharifi Nia
Category: Fiction
Format: Betacam
Duration: 6’, 45”
Color
Without dialogue
Synopsis: A handicapped girl is looking at the
sea and some students who are passing there,
while she is painting the sea

The season without you


( Fesle bi tou )
Director: Farnaz Jamshidi Moghadam
Scriptwriter: Farnaz Jamshidi Moghadam
Director of Photography: Touraj Aslani
Editor: Hassan Rashid Ghamat
Sound: Ali Naderi
Category: Fiction
Format: 16mm
Duration: 13’
Color
Synopsis: The story of this film is about the
With English subtitle
people’s loneliness.
97 FICTION

Secret of vision
( Raze Negah )
Director: Mona Zandi Haghighi
Scriptwriter: Mona Zandi Haghighi
Director of Photography: Ardeshir Shalileh
Editor: Kianoush Ayari
Sound: Faroukh Fadaei
Category: Fiction
Format: 35mm
Duration: 15’
Color
Without dialogue
Synopsis: Three people from three different
generations are watching a collection of photos; Festivals:
every body has her own imagination from her Film, Video Montecatini Film Festival (Italy-1999)
point of view.

Shaking steps
( Gamhaye Larzan )
Director: Afsaneh Monadi
Scriptwriter: Afsaneh Monadi
Director of Photography: Fereydoun Shirdel
Editor: Yavar Tourang
Sound: Abbas Kia Poor
Category: Fiction
Format: DVCam
Duration: 30’, 25”
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: “ Soudabeh “ is a woman who is liv-
ing with her handicapped husband.

Shalizeh
( Shalizeh )
Director: Azam Najafian
Scriptwriter: Azam Najafian
Director of Photography: Ali Mohammad Ghasemi
Editor: Ali Mohammad Ghasemi
Sound: Abbas Rastegarpour
Category: Fiction
Format: 35mm
Duration: 14’
Color,With English subtitle
Festivals:
Synopsis: A young girl believes that a river can - 8th Drama Int.Short Film Festival (Greece- 2002 )
cause that her wishes become true. - 47th Cork Film Festival ( Ireland- 2002 )
- 12th Message To Man International Documentary, Short
andAnimated Film Festival, St.Petersburg ( Russia- 2002 )
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The silence
(Sokout)
Director: Leila Naghdipari
Scriptwriter: Leila Naghdipari
Director of Photography: Amin Jafari
Editor: Javad Emami
Sound: Majid Barzegar
Category: Fiction
Format: DVCam
Duration: 19’
Producer: Majid Barzegar
Color
Synopsis: With English subtitle
A man decides to travel to his birthplace. So, along
with his wife he launches to a journey in a mountain-
ous snowy region that brings him bitterness. Festivals:
Tehran 8th International and 20th National Short
Film Festival (Iran-2003)
- Brisbane Int.Film Festival ( Australia-2004 )

Silent Companion
(Hamsafare Khamoosh)
Director: Elham Hosseinzadeh
Scriptwriter: Elham Hosseinzadeh
Director of Photography: Reza Roshan
Editors: Elham Hosseinzadeh, Reza Sourani
Sound: Behrooz Shahamat
Category: Fiction
Format: 35mm
Duration: 15’
Producer: Elham Hosseinzadeh
Color
Synopsis: In the period of American invasion of With English subtitle
Iraq(American-Iraqi war), an Iraqi man cross the
reed-bed in the border of Iran – Iraq for joining Festivals:
his Iranian friends to take from them a bride - Venice Film Festival (Venezia Corto
dress.But he has to face many dangers in the Cortissimo) (Italy-2004)
water ( the Sadam Soldiers) and in sky - Pusan International Film Festival (Korea-2004)
( American planes ) to bring it safe to his bride. - Sao Paulo Film Festival (Brazil-2004)
- Gijon International Film Festival (Spain-2004)
- Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival (France-2005)

Silence after the whisper


(Sokout pas az najva)
Director: Marjan Ashrafizadeh
Scriptwriter: Marjan Ashrafizadeh
Director of Photography: Hossein Moheb Jalili
Editor: Majid Shasti
Sound: Hossein Mahdavi
Category: Fiction
Format: 16mm
Duration: 35’
Color
With English subtitle

Synopsis: Raha, a young girl has not have any


news from her beloved for about four days.
She is living in her father’s home alone.
99 FICTION

A simple excuse for happiness


( Bahaneyi sadeh baraye khoshbakhti )
Director: Nahid Ghobadi
Scriptwriter: Nahid Ghobadi
Director of Photography: Hamid Ghavami
Editor: Bijan Zaman Pira
Category: Fiction
Format: DVCam
Duration: 13’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: A boy earns a living by gathering the
dried bread. He wants to buy a scarf for his
daughter to makes her happy.

The sound of sun


( Sedaye aftab )
Director: Afsar Shafiei
Scriptwriter: Afsar Shafiei
Director of Photography: Saeed Poor Esmaeili
Editor: Mahtab Baradari
Category: Fiction
Format: Betacam
Duration: 17’, 41”
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: A young girl is going to come back
her homeland after many years for reviewing her
childhood memories.

The third
( Sevoumi )
Director: Parisa Shahandeh
Scriptwriter: Parisa Shahandeh
Director of Photography: Javad Bozorgmehr
Editor: Mansoureh Shahbazi
Sound: Behrouz Moavenian
Category: Fiction
Format: 35mm
Duration: 31’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: The story of this film is about a 10-
year-old boy who is stealing.
100 FICTION

Today
( Emrouz )
Director: Shadi Ghomsheei
Scriptwriter: Shadi Ghomsheei
Director of Photography: Pejman Mazaheri Poor
Editor: Katayoun Zinat Bakhsh
Category: Fiction
Format: 16mm
Duration: 15’
Color
Without dialogue
Synopsis: A woman who is pregnant faced with
the problems in the society and her house.

Trilling of field
( Taranome Dasht )
Director: Fariba Haji Nejad
Scriptwriter: Fariba Haji Nejad
Director of Photography: Farshad Khaleghi
Editor: Nader Moghadas
Sound: Garnik
Category: Fiction
Format: 16mm
Duration: 15’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: This film is about a rural girl who is
involved in some cultural subjects.

Vague
( Gorgo Mish )
Director: Katayoun Salahshour
Scriptwriter: Katayoun Salahshour
Director of Photography: Shahrouz Behnam Zadeh
Editor: Manouchehr Olyaei
Category: Fiction
Format: 16mm
Duration: 12’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: The story of this film is about a man,
a garden and animals.
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The watch
( Saat )
Director: Fariba Bagher Nejatha
Scriptwriter: Fariba Bagher Nejatha
Category: Fiction
Format: 16mm
Duration: 5’
Color
Without dialogue

Synopsis: The story of this film is about a stu-


dent who reaches to school late everyday.

Charsho
( Charsho )
Director: Mahvash Sheikholeslami
Scriptwriter: Mahvash Sheikholeslami
Director of photography: Morteza Poursamadi
Editor: Abbas Ganjavi
Sound: Hassan Zarfam
Category: Fiction - Documentary
Format: 35mm
Duration: 15'
Color
With English subtitle
- Tout Ecran Film Festival ( Switzerland - 2000 ) Synopsis: A Turkman girl marries to a boy from another tribe.
- Amsterdam Int.Documentary Film Festival
( Holland- 2000 ) Festivals:
- Tampere Int.Short Film Festival ( Finland- 2001) - 10th Int.Message to Man Film Festival ( Russia - 2000 )
- Toronto Int.Film Festival - Montreal Int.Film Festival (Canada- 2000)
( Canada- 2001 ), “ competition section “ - 6th Drama Int.Short Film Festival ( Greece - 2000 )
- 49th Sydney Film Festival - 5th Int.Pusan Film Festival ( Korea- 2000 )
( Australia- 2002 ) - Barcelona Int.Independent Film Festival ( Spain - 2000 )

Designs of wishes
(Naghshhaye Arezoo)
Director: Marziye Alirezaei
Scriptwriter: Marziye Alirezaei
Director of Photography: Asghar Karampoor
Editor: Abbas Ganjavi
Category: Fiction-Documentary
Format: DVCam
Duration: 25’
Co-Producer: The Addiction Prevention
Education Center
Color
Synopsis: A boy decides to draw the picture of With English subtitle
his father who is addicted to drug.
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DOCUMENTARY

Glory
( Heyman )
Director: Leily Aj
Scriptwriter: Leily Aj
Director of Photography: Javad Bozorgmehr
Editor: Leily Aj
Sound: Vahid Najafzadeh
Category: Fiction - Documentary
Format: Betacam
Duration: 30’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: A deaf boy intends to set his pigeons
free. By doing this, he is able to hear the pigeons
flapping their wings.

The island
( Jazireh )
Director: Safoura Ahmadi
Scriptwriter: Safoura Ahmadi
Director of Photography: Fariborz Sigaroudi
Editor: Safoura Ahmadi
Sound: Bahman Heydari
Category: Fiction-Documentary
Format: 35mm
Duration: 16’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: In one of the islands in the south
of Iran, there is a special ceremony. Festivals:
-Shown at SBS TV(Australia)

Pershang
( Pershang )
Director: Mahvash Sheikholeslami
Scriptwriter: Mahvash Sheikholeslami
Director of photography: Morteza Poursamadi
Editor: Amin Aslani
Sound: Houman Rabiei
Category: Fiction - Documentary
Format: 35mm
Duration: 12’
Color
With English subtitle
- 48th Oberhausen Int.Short Film Festival Synopsis:The unknown end that because of some
( Germany- 2002 ) ancient traditions has been happened in marriage.
- 9th Independent Film Festival of Barcelona
( Spain-2002 ) Festivals:
- 7th Drama Int.Short Film Festival (Greece- 2001 )
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DOCUMENTARY

Silk
( Youfek )
Director: Mahvash Sheikholeslami
Scriptwriter: Mahvash Sheikholeslami
Director of Photography: Morteza Poursamadi
Editor: Abbas Ganjavi
Sound: Faroukh Fadaei
Category: Fiction - Documentary
Format: 35mm
Duration: 30’
Color
With English subtitle
Festivals: Synopsis: A young woman is looking forward to the return
-29th Tampere Int.Short Film Festival ( Finland- of her husband, birth of her child and production of cocoons.
1999 ), won the “Grand Prize”
- 7th Int.Vila Do Conde Short Film Festival ( - The Film Center of Chicago, The festival of
Portugal- 1999) Films from Iran ( USA- 1999)
- 9th Int.Message to Man Film Festival ( Russia- - Amsterdam Int.Documentary Film Festival
1999 ) New Asian Currents “ Section ( Holland- 2000 )
- Screening at the program “ An Iranian - 49th Sydney Film Festival ( Australia- 2002 )
Perspective: LIFE IN SHORT FILM “, ( USA- 2002 )

The song of rain girls


( Avaze dokhtarane Baran )
Director: Farahnaz Asoudeh
Scriptwriter: Farahnaz Asoudeh
Director of Photography: Nader Sheikholeslami
Editor: Nader Sheikholeslami
Sound: Nader Sheikholeslami
Category: Fiction- Documentary
Format: DVCam
Duration: 9’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: Dreams of two young girls during
childhood come true; but it leads to separation.
And c’est la vie.

Under the skin of Baran


( Zire poste Baran )
Director: Shalizeh Aref Poor
Scriptwriter: Shalizeh Aref Poor
Director of Photography: Shalizeh Aref Poor
Editor: Shalizeh Aref Poor
Sound: Meysam Kamali
Category: Fiction-Documentary
Format: DVCam
Duration: 25’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: “ Baran “ the daughter of Rakhshan
Bani Etemad, an Iranian well-known filmmaker,
has got some problems in the school regarding
her cinematic career.
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The waiting girls


( Dokhtarane Entezar )
Director: Zahra Jafari
Scriptwriter: Zahra Jafari
Director of Photography: Javad Poursamad
Editor: Houshang Nik Poor
Category: Fiction - Documentary
Format: 16mm
Duration: 6’
Color
Without dialogue
Synopsis: The cycle of the lovely life of a rural
girl.

The end of foggy roads


(Entehaye jadehaye meh gerefte)

Director: Mitra Tamjidi


Scriptwriter: Mitra Tamjidi
Directors of Photography: Mitra Tamjidi, Hamdam
Haghgoo
Editors: Mitra Tamjidi, Shahram Mirab Aghdam
Sound: Jamal Shams
Category: Documentary
Format: DVCam
Duration: 20’
Color
Synopsis: The story of this film is about “ Arian With English subtitle
Hotel “ where the homeless people
have been protected.

Fingerprint
( Asare Angosht )
Director: Farnaz Jamshidi Moghadam
Scriptwriter: Farnaz Jamshidi Moghadam
Director of Photography: Jafar Barati Mehr
Editor: Yavar Tourang
Sound: Reza Ahmad Zadeh
Category: Documentary
Format: Betacam
Duration: 28’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: This documentary film is about
attending the women in the election of president.
105 DOCUMENTARY

God is alive
(Khoda Zendeh Ast)
Director: Tahereh Hassanzadeh
Scriptwriter: Tahereh Hassanzadeh
Director of Photography: Shahram Mirab Aghdam
Editor: Nasser Bakideh
Sound: Shahram Mirab Aghdam
Category: Documentary
Format: DVCam
Duration: 12’
Producer: Tahereh Hassanzadeh
With English subtitle
Synopsis: A review of the life of religious minori-
ties in the geriatric houses. Color

Festivals:
- The 3rd “ Yadegar “ Documentary Film Festival
( Iran-2004 )
- 18th Stuttgart Int. Short Film Festival
(Germany-2005)

Hot Dog
(Hat Dag)
Director: Mojgan Tamjidi
Scriptwriter: Mojgan Tamjidi
Director of Photography: Shahram Mirab
Aghdam
Editors: Shahram Mirab Aghdam, Mojgan
Tamjidi
Category: Documentary
Format: DVCam
Duration: 20’
Color
Synopsis: This documentary film is about the
dogs of police which search for the drugs. Without dialogue

Inhabitants of the empty land


(Ahaliye Sarzamine Hich)
Director: Mahnaz Banvar
Scriptwriter: Mahnaz Banvar
Director of Photography: Mehrdad Salimkhani
Editor: Mehran Kakooee
Producer: Mahnaz Banvar
Category: Documentary
Format: DVCam
Duration: 27’
Producer: Mahnaz Banvar
Color
Synopsis:
This documentary film is about returning of With English subtitle
Afghan immigrants to their country.
106 DOCUMENTARY

Katalekhor Cave
( Ghare Katalekhor)
Director: Leily Shafaei Mehr
Scriptwriter: Leily Shafaei Mehr
Director of Photography: Rohollah Beyki
Editor: Leily Shafaei Mehr
Sound: Hossein Zohouri
Category: Documentary
Format: DVCam
Duration: 14’
Producer: Babak Kalantari Khorami
Color
Synopsis: “ Katalekhor “ cave is located at the With English subtitle
western south part of Zanjan Province which has
the special features. This cave has the different
floors which have been developed also.

Laleh Zar St.


( Laleh Zar )
Director: Sabereh Mohammad Kashi
Scriptwriter: Sabereh Mohammad Kashi
Director of Photography: Foad Najaf Zadeh
Editor: Arash Moayerian
Sound: Maziar Razaghi
Category: Documentary
Format: 35mm
Duration: 15’, 38”
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: A documentary film about the history
of “ Laleh Zar Street “ and a comparison of its
past with the present

Mahin
( Mahin )
Director: Soudabeh Moradian
Scriptwriter: Soudabeh Moradian
Director of Photography: Rouzet Ghaderi
Editor: Mehdi Asadi
Sound: Mehdi Asadi
Category: Documentary
Format: Betacam
Duration: 15’
Color
Synopsis: “ Mahin “ is a girl who was shocked
With English subtitle
during bombing Tehran, she is a psychopath
now. This film is about her life.
107 DOCUMENTARY

Milkan
(Milkan)
Director: Mino Kiani
Scriptwriter: Mino Kiani
Director of Photography: Morteza Poursamadi
Editor: Amin Aslani
Category: Documentary
Format: 35mm
Duration: 30’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: Gooran,Gholkhani & Banzardeh tribes
stay in Dalahou in the northern side of zagros moun- Festivals:
tains in spring time . Spring is the busiest season for - Karlovy Vary Film Festival ( Czech Republic-2003 )
the tribes of this region . MILKAN portrays some - Melodist Film Festival ( Ukraine-2003 )
aspects of tribal life in Spring ,in which woman have
most of the responsibilities . Obtaining fuel ,water
,and preparing various dairy products and building
shelters are all done by women . If there is any time
left ,they engage in various rituals . In Dalahou
,woman means life .

Murder or Murderer
( Ghatel ya Maghtol )
Director: Mahvash Sheikheslami
Scriptwriter: Mahvash Sheikheslami
Directors of Photography: Nahid Siamidoost, Mohsen
Nazari
Editor: Pirooz Kalantari
Category: Documentary
Format: DVCam
Duration: 26’
Color
With English Subtitle
Synopsis: This documentary is about women
who are accused to killing her husbands.

Noah’s Ark
( Keshtiye Noah )
Director: Soudabeh Babagap
Scriptwriter: Soudabeh Babagap
Director of Photography: Nader Masoumi
Editor: Nasser Sayyah
Sound: Behrouz Shahamat
Category: Documentary
Format: 35mm
Duration: 26’
Color
With English subtitle
Festivals:
- Busan Asian Short Film Festival ( Korea-2003 )
- 14th Sao Paulo Int.Short Film Festival ( Brazil-2003 )
Synopsis: Noah’s Ark is investigating the conse- - Yamagataa Int.Documentary Film Festival, New Asian
Currents Program ( Japan- 2003)
quences of sea war on the southern coastland, - Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival
specially the fate of wrecked ships such as:Mina, ( Yugoslavia -2004 )Won THE GRAND PRIX and THE GOLDEN
Marjan and Farnaz. MEDALLION OF BELGRADE FOR THE BEST FOREIGN FILM
- Golden Knight Int.Film Festival ( Russia- 2004 )
- - Planet in Focus,International Environmental Film and Video
Festival(Canada-2005)
108 DOCUMENTARY

The old man of Hara


( Pire Hara )
Director: Mahvash Sheikholeslami
Scriptwriter: Mahvash Sheikholeslami
Director of Photography: Morteza Poursamadi
Editor: Kamran Shirdel
Sound: Ali Akbar Yaghobi
Category: Documentary
Format: Betacam
Duration: 36’
Color
Without dialogue
Synopsis: The documentary film “ Hara “ is a
narrative on the routines of a shrimper’s life, who Festivals:
works with a natural pace in a rushed world. - International Marine Film Festival ( Iran-2001), won the
Grand Prize
- Cinema Du Reel Film Festival ( France-2002 )
- 4th Int.Eco,Etno – Folk Film Festival ( Romania,2002 )
won the 1st prize

The role
( Naghsh )
Director: Fariba Ashouei
Scriptwriter: Fariba Ashouei
Editor: Gholam Reza Ramezani
Sound: Hamid Ghadakchian
Category: Documentary
Format: 16mm
Duration: 20’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: A film crew is going to make a docu-
mentary about the people who are suffering from
various psycho diseases.
Festivals:
- 3rd Int.Short Film Festival “The Way We Live “
( Germany-2001)

Sixty Three
(63)
Director: Shahnaz Soleimani
Scriptwriter: Shahnaz Soleimani
Director of Photography: Morteza Hodaei
Editor: Shahnaz Soleimani
Sound: Bijan Yekta
Category: Documentary
Format: Betacam
Duration: 14’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: In the ritual of life, when the Turk man
reaches the age of 63, he prepares a ceremony
in praise of the prophet of Islam.
109 DOCUMENTARY

Water and Atefe


( Ab Va Atefe )
Director: Nahid Rezaei
Scriptwriter: Nahid Rezaei
Director of photography: Homayoun Payvar
Editor: Safi Yazdanian
Sound: Pouya Payvar
Category: Documentary
Format: Betacam
Duration: 42’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: A portrait of a strong-willed and
unconventional woman who has returned from
abroad to live in an arid region of Iran.

Watermelon
( Hendooneh )
Director: Mona Zahed
Scriptwriter: Mona Zahed
Director of Photography: Keyvan Motamedi
Editor: Nima Banki
Sound: Shahab Shirkhani
Category: Documentary
Format: Betacam
Duration: 13’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: This documentary film is about “ Adel
Bazdodeh “, a puppet maker.
Festivals:
- Yamagata Int.Documentary Film Festival, ( Japan-2001 )
Competition Section of “ New Asian Currents “
- Cinema Du Reel Film Festival ( France-2002 )
- 47th Cork Film Festival ( Ireland- 2002 ) Tribute Section

What does he see?


( Ou Che Mibinad ? )
Director: Fima Emami
Scriptwriter: Fima Emami
Director of photography: Saed Nikzat
Editor: Ali Mohammad Ghasemi
Sound: Babak Shakiba
Category: Documentary
Format: 16mm
Duration: 9’
B& W/ Color
Without dialogue
Synopsis: The life of an old man who works as a
model in sculpture and painting classes of a uni- Festivals:
versity. Molodist Int.Film Festival ( Ukraine- 1999 )
UNICA Film Festival ( Finland- 1999 ), won the “ Bronze Medal “
110 ANIMATION

The Arrow
( Tir )
Director: Shirin Bargh Navard
Scriptwriter: Shirin Bargh Navard
Editor: Shirin Bargh Navard
Sound: Babak Shakiba
Category: Animation
Format: 35mm
Duration: 1’
Color
Without dialogue

Synopsis: The sky is clear, a boy is shooting an


arrow by his bow towards the sky and his arrow
hits a cloud.

The ballad of life


( Ghazale Hasty )
Director: Maryam Khoueini
Scriptwriter: Maryam Khoueini
Director of Photography: Mohammad Reza
Teymouri
Editor: Mohammad Reza Teymouri
Sound: Ali Hossein Zadeh
Category: Animation
Format: 16mm
Duration: 4’, 15”
Color
Synopsis: The story of this animated film is Without dialogue
about life, water and environment.
Festivals:
- Montecatini Int.Film Festival, Tribute to films
made by women (Italy -2003)

The beauty of being


( Ta Bad Chonin Bada )

Director: Maryam Kasaei


Scriptwriter: Maryam Kasaei
Category: Animation
Format: 35mm
Duration: 2’
Color
Without dialogue

Synopsis: This film is about the beauty of being.


111 ANIMATION

Dawn
( Pegah )
Director: Mandana Karimi
Scriptwriter: Mandana Karimi
Editor: Ebrahim Saeedi
Sound: Firouz Heidari
Category: Animation
Format: Betacam
Duration: 8’
Color
Without dialogue
Synopsis: Life begins in a crowded city in the
morning. A worker is doing monotonous work in a - Arci Pelago Int.Film Festival ( Italy- 1999 )
factory until a bird disrupts this repetition. - The 5th Ismailia Int.Festival for Documentary and
Short Films ( Egypt- 2001 )
Festivals:
- 47th Cork Film Festival ( Ireland- 2002 ) Tribute
Section

The dream of a butterfly


(Royaye yek parvaneh)

Director: Faezeh Feiz sheikholeslam


Scriptwriter: Faezeh Feiz sheikholeslam
Director of Photography:
Category: Animation
Format: DVCam
Duration: 9’
Color
Without dialogue

Synopsis: This film is about the original and


Iranian designs and drawings on the potteries.

Fortune-Telling
(Fal-e-Ghahveh)
Director: Sarah Saeidan
Scriptwriter: Sarah Saeidan
Director of Photography: Sarah Saeidan
Editor: Sarah Saeidan
Producer: Sarah Saeidan
Category: Animation
Format: Betacam
Duration: 4’
Producer: Sarah Saeidan
Color
Without dialogue
Synopsis: Two women are fortune telling when Festivals:
one of their children has been involved in imagi- - Tehran 9th International and 21st National Short Film Festival (Iran-2004)
native pictures. - 19th Int.Festival of Films for Children and Young Adults ( Isfehan-Iran 2004 )
- Ismailia Int.Festival for Documentary and Short Films ( Egypt-2004 )
- 21st Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Focus on Iran (Germany2005 )
112 ANIMATION

The illuminated dream of the


little worm
( Royaye nouraniye kerme koochooloo )

Director: Malahat Hosseini


Scriptwriter: Malahat Hosseini
Director of Photography: Majid Jan Nesar
Editor: Jamshid Khoshdel
Category: Animation
Format: 35mm
Duration: 10’
Color
With English subtitle
Synopsis: For playing with other glow- worms, a
little worm arrives in a grove; but on its road, it Festivals:
encounters a butterfly which has lost its way. - Drama Int.Short Film Festival ( Greece-2003 )

A little girl
( Doukhtarak )
Director: Parisa Faghih
Scriptwriter: Parisa Faghih
Editor: Ravan Bakhsh Sadeghi
Category: Animation
Format: Betacam
Duration: 6’
Color
Without dialogue

Synopsis: The story of a little girl who is trying to


amuse herself, and the things that happen to her.

Smoky Fish
(Mahi Doudi)
Director: Fima Emami
Scriptwriter: Fima Emami
Animator: Fima Emami
Editor: Fima Emami
Sound: Behrouz Shahamat
Category: Animation
Format: DVCam
Duration: 6’
Color
Without dialogue
Synopsis: Some fishes are living in the sea but
their lives have been changed by an event. Two
small fishes have look to these changes.
113 EXPERIMENTAL

You are watching a film


( Shoma Mibinid Yek Film )
Director: Fima Emami
Scriptwriter: Fima Emami
Editor: Reza Daryanoush
Sound: Behrouz Shahamat
Category: Animation
Format: 35mm
Duration: 3’
Color
Without dialogue
Synopsis: Review of life through an eye. Festivals:
- UNICA Film Festival ( Estonia- 2001 )
- 47th Cork Film Festival ( Ireland- 2002 )
Tribute Section

A butterfly on the shoulder


( Parvane Rouye Shaneh )
Director: Parvin Donyafar
Scriptwriter: Parvin Donyafar
Director of Photography: Saeed Ghomian
Editor: Salar Heidar Nejad
Sound: Vahid Abrahe
Category: Experimental
Format: Betacam
Duration: 5’
Color
Without dialogue
Synopsis: A man and a butterfly are deserted in
a desert. When a butterfly’s wings break, the
man decides to escape this fate.

Without title
( Bedone Onvan )
Director: Shirin Bargh Navard
Scriptwriter: Mohammad Reza Jahan Panah
Director of Photography: Mohammad Reza Jahan
Panah
Editor: Shirin Bargh Navard
Category: Experimental
Format: 16mm
Duration: 4’
Color
Without dialogue
Synopsis: The abstract images with music.
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