36th Tehran International Short Film Festival announces winners

The 36th Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) announced winners at national and international categories.

Several top cinematic officials and actors, including Hossein Entezami, the Director of the Cinema Organization of Iran, director of the festival Sadeq Mousavi, etc. were also attending the closing ceremony of the 36th TISFF was held in Milad Tower in west of Tehran on Nov 15, 2019.

Addressing the gathering, Entezami underlined that TISFF is one of the most important cinematic events in Middle East and west of Asia.

Hailing Iranian cinema officials, he said no one can isolate Islamic Republic of Iran.

 He also appreciated Sadeqi for his zealous efforts in holding the event, the short film could be more thoughtful ", expressing the hope that the festival could upbring great figures of talented youth to the Iranian cinema industry.

 Addressing the same ceremony, Sadeq Mousavi appreciated Iranian artists, filmmakers, the fans, the diplomatic delegations and Iranian municipality and Mr Entezami for their collaboration in holding the festival.

Mousavi also congratulated all the winners of the festival, adding that a great future is ahead Iranian cinema.

International Section:

Special Jury Award (Fiction): The festival's trophy and plague of honor was granted to "Ashmina", Directed by Dekel Berenson from Nepal Second Special Jury Award (Animation): "Together", Directed by Sara Tayebzadeh from Iran Best Fiction Film: "Super Comfort", Directed by  Kirsikka Saari from Finland The Festival Award and Trophy of Best Animation: "Untravel", Directed by Ana Nedelijkovic from Serbia.

Best Experimental Film: "Places", Directed by Claudia Barral Magaz from Spain Best Documentary Film: "Histories of Wolves", Directed by Agnes Meng from Portugal The 3000-Euro Grand Prix of the 36th Tehran International Film Festival went to "Brotherhood", Directed by Meryam Joobeur from Canada

Iranian Cinema Competition:

Best Film: The festival trophy and 200-million-rials award was granted to "Aziz" directed by Seyyed Mahdi Mousavi Barzaki from Iran.

Special Jury Award (Fiction): The festival's trophy and 150-million-rials was granted to Saeed Nejati for "Dabor".

Best Director (Fiction): The festival trophy and 120-million-rials award was granted to Seyyed Mahdi Mousavi Barzaki for "Aziz" from Iran.

Best Director (Experimental): The festival trophy and 120-million-rials award was granted to Payam Rezai  for "Earth Style"

from Iran

Special Jury Award (Experimental): The festival's trophy, Honorary Diploma and 100-million-rials was granted to "When A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers after 154 years would get tired.", directed by Shahriar Hanife.

Best Director (Documentary): The festival's trophy and 100-million-rials was granted to "Where the Wind Blows" directed by Mina Mashadi Mahdi from Tehran (Iran).

 Best Director (Animation): The festival's trophy and 100-million-rials was granted to Maliheh Gholamzadeh for "Kalaf".

Jury Member Award: The festival's Honorary Diploma and 100-million-rials was granted to "Hungry", directed by Zahra Rostampour form Tehran (Iran).

Best Film Script: The festival's trophy and 100-million-rials was granted to Sonia Hadad abd Farnoush Samadi for "Exam".

Best Research (Documentary):  The festival's trophy and 70-million-rials was granted to "Where the Wind Blows" directed by Mina Mashadi Mahdi from Tehran (Iran) Best Sound Recording: The festival's trophy and 70-million-rials was granted to Mostafa Bahmani for "Aziz"

Best Editing: The festival's trophy and 70-million-rials was granted Esmaeil Alizadeh for editing "Cruelty"

Best Cinematography: The festival's trophy and 70-million-rials was granted to Masoud Amini Tirani for "Rodent"

Best Actor: Top Iranian actress Golab Adineh and Taraneh Alidousti and actor Babak Karimi were praised for supporting the Iranian short films. Also actress Sadaf Asqari was praised for "Exam".

In a meantime, the honorary diploma and 50-million-rials award was granted to actress Yasaman Nasiri in "Aziz".

Best Technical-Artistic Achievement (Animation): The honorary diploma and 50-million-rials award was granted to Mojtaba Mousavi for " Mr.Deer".

Best Music (Animation): The honorary diploma and 50-million-rials award was granted to "Homan Rad" for "Kalaf".

Best Film with Theme of National Identity (Animation) : The honorary diploma and 50-million-rials award was granted to Bahram Azimi the director and producer of "The Sixth String".

Best Film with Theme of National Cohesion and Social Capital: The honorary diploma and 50-million-rials award was granted to Mohammad Reza Vatan Doost for "Lesek".

Best Film with Theme of Joy and Hope for Future: The honorary diploma and 50-million-rials award was granted to Reza Jamali for "There Is No Place for Landing Here".

Art & Experience Prize:

The festival Art & Experience trophy and 60-million-awar was presented to Maliheh Gholamzadeh for "Kalaf" and a plague of honor and a 30-million-award was granted to Seyyed Mahdi Mousavi Barzaki for "Aziz"

ISFA Award:

The Iranian Short Film Association (ISFA) trophy and 20-million-award was granted to Samaneh Shojaei director of "Gray Object".

ISFA Medal:

ISFA Medal was granted to Rohollah Akbari for "Jalil and Khalil" Documentary.

ISFA medal, a plague of appreciation and 50-million rials was also presented to Payam Rezei for "Earth Style"

ISAF also presented the festival trophy, plague of appreciation and 100-million-rials of top audience prize to Mohammad Reza Mesbah for "Alley".

UNICEF Trophy:

UNICEF trophy a plague of appreciation and 5d mark 4 camera was granted to Maryam Zarei for "Magar Elen"

Book and Cinema Award:

First prize: 70-million-rials was awarded to "Rubbish" by Ali Azizi.

Second prize: 50-million-rials was awarded to "Other" by Saman Hosseinpour and Ako Zand Karimi Third Prize: 30-million-rials was awarded to "Filmorgh" by Amir Masoud Soheili.

A plague of appreciation was also awarded to "Limbo" by Touraj Heibati and "Where the Winds Blow" by Mina Mashhadi Moqadam.

Short Story for Adaptation Prize:

First Prize: 50-million-rials was granted to "Squar" by Ali Jalali Second Prize: 30-million-rials was granted to "Guards of My Ventricle"

by Roqiyeh Kabiri

Third Prize: 20-million-rials was granted to "Hebrew Form of Words" by Khosro Abbasi Khodlan

Commemorating Masoud Amini Tirani and Mahvash Sheikholeslami:

In the ceremony the top Iranian cinematography manager Masoud Amini Tirani and veteran Iranian documentary producer Mahvash Sheikholeslami were commemorated.

Iranian pop singer Reza Yazdani also performed in the ceremony.