IRANIAN YOUNG CINEMA SOCIETY

The Iranian Young Cinema Society (IYCS)-deputy minister of culture and Islamic guidance in cinema and audio-visual affairs, as one of the most reliable producers of short films in Iran, has pioneered the training, production and presentation of short films with a 20-year-plus respective background.

The IYCS trains about 6000 art students in filmmaking and photography all across its 52 offices throughout the country as it produces around 1000 films – fiction, documentary, animation and experimental– on an annual basis. Its annual products have found their way into film festivals and markets at home and abroad, many of which have made it to the famous international film festivals , including Tampere ,  Pusan, Manchester, Clermont-Ferrand, Oberhausen, Hamburg,  Drama, Cinema Jove, Cork, Cracow, Festival of Nations,…securing valuable prizes.

These films have also won the IYCS profits, being screened on numerous channels such as ZDF, SBS, arte, Channel 4 (UK), YLE, etc in addition to domestic TV channels.

The society has been the sole official representative of Iran in the "Union Internationale du Cinema"(UNICA) from 1990 and the "International Sort Film Conference" (USFC) since 2000.

IYCS, that annually takes charge of the Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) as one of the world's reliable short film festival, is determined to tap into unlocked indigenous, art and cultural potential of the Iranian youths and do what it takes to organize and streamline production and distribution of short films country-wide.To that end, the IYCS, also holds film screening programs and photo exhibitions as well as Regional and Prayers festivals.

The Iranian Young Cinema Society officially announced a proposal to form the "Union for Short Filmmakers of the Islamic Countries" (USFIC), membering ten Muslim nations from across the world including Lebanon, Qatar, Sudan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan,  Tajikistan, Jordan, Tunisia, Palestine and Iran, when it hosted the 11th Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) on November 21-26, 2006.
For more information visit us at:
www.iycs.ir/usfic
and contact us:
varshochi@iycs.ir