Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) is a film festival held in Tehran every year in October with a focus on short films.

The festival was founded in 1983.^[1][2] From 2020 it is a qualifying festival for the Academy Awards® (Oscars)^[3] and winner of the Grand Prix becomes eligible for the Oscar® consideration.

History

TISFF started as a special section in the Fajr International Film Festival entitled "8mm and 16mm films” in the years 1979 to 1982.^[4]

39th Edition

The 39th Edition of TISFF will be held between 19 and 24 October in Tehran, Iran.

Awards

37th Tehran International Short Film Festival (Jan 2021)

National Competition:

• Best Fiction: Winged White Horse, by Mahyar Mandegar
• Best Experimental Film: Adapt, by Kamal Kachouian
• Best Documentary: Khoonyar Children, by Arman Gholipour Dashtaki
• Best Animation: Red Fire, by Mona Abdullah Shahi

International Competition:

• Best Fiction: Da Yie, by Anthony Nti
• Best Experimental Film: No Award
• Best Documentary: Kak Iraj, by Jamshid Farajvand
• Best Animation: Candela, by Marc Riba and Anna Solanas

36th Tehran International Short Film Festival (Nov 2019)

National Competition:

• Best Fiction: Aziz, by Seyyed Mehdi Musavi Barzoki
• Best Experimental Film: When A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers after 154 years would get tired, by Shahriar Hanife
• Best Documentary: Where the wind blows, by Mina Mashhadi Mahdi
• Best Animation: Tangle, by Maliheh Gholamzadeh

International Competition:

• Best Fiction: Super Comfort, by Kirsikka Saari
• Best Experimental Film: Places, by Claudia Barral Magaz
• Best Documentary: Histories of Wolves, by Agnes Meng
• Best Animation: Untravel, by Nikola Majdak Jr. and Ana Nedeljkovic

28th Tehran International Short Film Festival (Nov 2011)

National Competition:

• Best Fiction: Bitter Milk, by Nasser Zamiri
• Best Experimental Film: Delete, by Kazem Mollaie
• Best Documentary: Charkh Nan, by Hossein Nazari
• Best Animation: Kimiagar, by Mehdi Khorramyan

International Competition:

• Best Fiction: Barbakan, by Bartlomiej Zmuda and Bitter Milk, by Nasser Zamiri
• Best Experimental Film: Planet Z, by Momoko Seto
• Best Documentary: I'm Going to Disneyland', by Antoine Blandin
• Best Animation: El Niño Miguel, by Nacho Martín
• Audience Award: Delete, by Kazem Mollaie

26th Tehran International Short Film Festival (Nov 2009)

National Competition:

• Best Fiction: Tamame Vasaele Shakhsie Man Jabeja Shode, by Houman Seyyedi
• Best Experimental Film: Minus, by Kazem Mollaie
• Best Documentary: Morghe Sahar, by Mehdi Bagheri
• Best Animation: Gorgo Mish, by Mohammad Ali Soleymanzadeh

International Competition:

• Best Fiction: The Last Regal King Size, by Simon Hipkins
• Best Experimental Film: Minus, by Kazem Mollaie
• Best Documentary: What's your name, by Georges Salameh
• Best Animation: Face, by Frank Kako