Coming: 11th Annual Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco: September 22-23, 2018Call For Entries Open for the 11th Annual Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco, the first independent Iranian film festival outside of Iran. To submit your film, please click here.
Best Film: Malaria
Best Director: Parviz Shahbazi, for: Malaria
Best Actor: Ali Mosaffa, for: Duet
Best Actress: Mitra Hajar, for: Wishbone
Best Screenplay: Parviz Shahbazi, for: Malaria
Best Cinematography: Roberto Cimatti, for: Mountain
Best Documentary: Iran’s Arrow, by: Shahin Armin & Sohrab Daryabandari
Best Short Film: Tanavob (Periodicity)
Best Director for a Short Film: Ali Khoshdouni, for: Tanavob (Periodicity)
Best Screenplay for a Short Film: Kaveh Mazaheri, for: Retouch
Best Short Documentary: We Skate in Iran, by: Benjamin Aryani
Best Actor in a Short Film: Homayoun Ershadi, for: Blue Lantern
Best Actress in a Short Film: Katrin Aslani, for: Red Peace
Best Cinematography for a Short Film: Sarkew Mesgari, for: White House
Best Music Video: Where is Picasso, by: Massod Vadiee
Best Animation: The Switchman, by: Mehdi Khorramain
Best Experimental Film: The Big Nothing, by: Kaveh Kazemzadeh
Aside from the fiction, Iranian Film Festival pays special attention to the documentary and animation genres with some of the best young talents Iranian cinema can offer. Films such as: Iran’s Arrow – Story of Paykan, Razor’s Edge, The Switchman, Dash Akol, Hezar Afsan, Mrs. Saïdi, We Skate in Iran…..
To pay a homage to the father of sound in Iranian cinema, Abdoulhossein Sepanta [1907-1969], who also made Lor Daughter, Shirin & Farhad…we named our award after his name and presented ‘Septanta Award’ in various categories for the first time in 2013. We will continue this tradition by presenting this award to the participating filmmakers every year.
If you like what we do, to continue bringing the best of independent films made by or about Iranians from around the world, support our efforts by sponsoring, advertising, and your contributions. We, Iranians, need to have a strong voice in our host country by unity and representing the best talents any community can offer. This support can be in variety of ways but for sure it benefits the Iranian community.
Our new website, which you are visiting right now, was created by Ali Tassavor of Nika Labs and his talented team. We encourage you to use their expertise for your marketing and web designs. They are based locally but can be reached from anywhere they are needed.
We also use another Iranian company, Kooche Cinema, for our film restorations, whenever we discover a lost film, for their talent and expertise. They can be helpful in your post production needs as well.
We know there are many talented Iranian artists out there, aside from those in film that can share their talent with us in visual art. If you are a photographer, graphic artist, musician…join the festival and participate in whatever capacity the festival can offer you. Drop us a note and be a part of our festival.
