Iranian Young Cinema Society in 49th Brno Film Festival (Czech Republic)

6 short films from Iranian Young Cinema Society have been selected to be screened in international section of 49th Brno Film Festival in Czech Republic:
1- Boomrang/ Daryoush Gharibzadeh/ Bushehr
2- Empty Fish Bowl/ Atefeh Khademolreza Tehran
3- Scarecrow/ Hamid Reza Attarzadeh/ Kashan
4- Whisper in my ears/ Maryam Sahranavard/ Rasht
5- Window/ Sima Yar Mohannadi/ Neishabour
all produced and distributed by Iranian Young Cinema Society
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6- White Mountains/ Taha Karimi
Distributed by Iranian Young Cinema Society


The festival will take place from Nov., 15-19, 2008 in Brno city of Czech Republic.
 

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The best Short film prize of the 3rd Didar Film Festival for "Limit of a Circle"

" LIMIT OF A CIRCLE" directed by Shahram Mokri, produced and distributed by IRANAINA YOUNG CINEMA SOCIETY won the BEST SHORT FILM PRIZE of the 3rd Didar film festival in Tajikistan.
 

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2 prizes from 10th Echo-Ethno-Folk film festival in Romania for Iranian Young Cinema Society Products

"BOOMRANG" directed by Daryoush Gharibzadeh and "Mashi and Mashianeh" directed by Hassan Naghashi, produced and distributed by IRANIAN YOUNG CINEMA SOCIETY have won the Prizes of the 10th Echo-Ethno-Folk film festival in Romania.
"BOOMRANG" bagged the BEST DOCUMENTARY PRIZE of the festival includes the Festival Trophy, Diploma of Honor and Cash prize.
"Mashi and Mashianeh" bagged the Festival Diploma of honor and cash prize as well.
Among the countries participated in the festival like Japan, Slovakia, Qatar, Romania, India, Italy, USA, Bosnia, Canada, Serbia, Germany, Croatia, Ukraine, Russia, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Moldavia, China, Peru, France, Poland, Denmark, Tunisia, Philippines, Spain, Turkey, Venezuela, Macedonia, Mexico, Iran,…. Iran with 5 short documentaries stood first in the festival.

The "Echo-Ethno-Folk" film festival took place on Sep., 2-7,2008 in Romania.
 

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Iranian Short film in 3rd Didar International Film Festival


"Limit of a Circle" directed by Shahram Mokri, produced and distributed by Iranian Young Cinema Society has been selected to be screened in International competition section of 3rd Didar International Film Festival.

The festival has 2 sections of fiction short and feature film competitions. The Iranian journalist and critic, Houshang Golmakani is a member of Didar Film Festival jury.

The festival will take place on October, 12-16, 2008 in Dushanbe, the capital city of Tajikistan.
 

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Iranian short films in 22nd International Tatranský kamzík / Chamois of the Tatras film festival


"BOOMRANG" directed by Daryoush Gharibzadeh, "SEVER REGARDS" by Mehdi Arab Yar Mohammadi, "SCARECROW" by Hamid Reza Attarzadeh "FREEMASON'S HALL" by Azita Rassafi , produced and distributed by IRANIAN YOUNG CINEMA SOCIETY and "WOODEN CARPET" directed by Abdolrahman Mirani, "TOWARDS THE TREE OF LIFE" by Mohsen Ramezanzadeh, distributed by IRANIAN YOUNG CINEMA SOCIETY have been selected to be screened in the international competition section of the 22nd International Tatranský kamzík / Chamois of the Tatras film festival.

The festival will take place on October, 17-19, 2008 in Slovakia.
The festival holds the International competition of films on ecology, ethnography, culture and art, on traditional ways of life of people in various countries and regions. Since its 20th anniversary, the competition takes place under the auspices of the International Organization for Amateur Films (UNICA).
 

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Iranian short films in Issyk-kul International Documentary and Short Film Festival


4 short films from Iranian Young Cinema Society have been selected to be screened in competition section of the 2nd Issyk-kul International Documentary and Short Film Festival in Kyrgyzstan:
1- Boomrang / Daryoush Gharibzadeh/ Bushehr
2- Maybe Somewhere Else / Davood Jalili/ Qom
3- The Herald / Farokh hanifeh Nejad/ Mashad
4- Black Hand, White Bbread / Javad Mozdabadi


Iranian Young Cinema Society helped to organize the festival in association with Shanghai Organization of Cooperation.

The festival will take place on Oct., 19-26, 2008 on coast of lake Issyk kul, Kyrguzstan.
 

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2 short films from IRANIAN YOUNG CINEMA SOCIETY in Echo-Ethno-Folk film festival in Romania

"BOOMRANG" directed by Daryoush Gharibzadeh and "SEVEN REGARDS" directed by Mehdi Arab Yarmohammadi, produced and distributed by IRANIAN YOUNG CINEMA SOCIETY have been selected to be screened in competition section of the "Echo-Ethno-Folk" film festival.

The "Echo-Ethno-Folk" film festival will take place on Sep., 2-7,2008 in Romania.
 

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10 Iranian Young Cinema Society Short Films in Festival Der Nationen of Austria

10 Iranian films have been screened in the 36th edition of Festival der Nationen of Austria.
The festival has taken place from 15 till 21 June in Ebensee and shown over 370 short films from different countries.
The short films from Iranian Young Cinema Society in this festival are:, The Carpet of Wood (Abdorahman Mirani), Scarecrow (Naser Naserpour), The Escape (Salman Bahonar), Thimbleful of Water (Ahmad Arjmand), An Opportunity for Smoking a Cigarette (Bita Khodadad), Limit of Circle (Shahram Mokri), Empty Fish Bowl (Atefeh Khademolreza), People Are Distant (Ashkan Ahmadi), Alternation (Mahdi Farde Ghaderi), and War & Life (Jamal Rahmati).
Festival Der Nationen organizers have specified a section of this year's festival to Bulgaria and are going to show Bulgarian films in this special section.
The jury members include some filmmakers and cinema experts from Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, and Czech Republic.
The films below have won the prizes from the festival:
1- The Carpet of Wood (Abdorahman Mirani), won the Ebenseer Baren in Silver
2- Limit of Circle (Shahram Mokri), won the Ebensee Baren in Bronze
3- People Are Distant (Ashkan Ahmadi, won the Ebensee Baren in Bronze
4- Empty Fish Bowl (Atefeh Khademolreza), won the Ebensee Baren in Bronze
5- An Opportunity for Smoking a Cigarette (Bita Khodadad), has been granted the Ebensee Diploma
6- The Escape (Salman Bahonar), has been granted the Ebensee Diploma
 

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3 short films from IRANIAN YOUNG CINEMA SOCIETY in 11th International Film Festival of "Religion Today"

"Come on every body is asleep" directed by Zohreh Zamani, "Somewhere near here" by Morteza Jazzab and "The herald" by Farokh Hanifeh Nejad, produced and distributed by IRANIAN YOUNG CINEMA SOCIETY have been selected to be screened in international competition section of 11th International Film Festival o f "Religion Today".

The 11th International Film Festival o f "Religion Today" will take place ion Oct., 16-21, 2008 in Italy.
 

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Trophies of 1st International Film Festival of "Last Savior" granted to short films from IRANIAN YOUNG CINEMA SOCIETY

"On the Threshold" directed by Ali Bayat and "The Holy Light" by Saadatali Saeedpour, produced and distributed by IRANIAN YOUNG CINEMA SOCIETY have won the trophy of 1st International Film Festival of "Last Savior".

The festival was closed on Aug., 16, 2008 in Tehran.
 

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Best Short film & Best Documentary films of the 3rd Kabul International Documentary and Short Film Festival from IRANIAN YOUNG CINEMA SOCIETY

Managing Director of Iranian Young Cinema Society, Nasser Bakideh headed for Afghanistan- Kabul on July 5-10, 2008 as a Jury member of the 3rd Kabul International Documentary and Short Film Festival.
Afghan young filmmakers were addressed in 2 workshops as "The role of screenplay in short filmmaking" and "Adaptation from East Cultural and Civilization-based sources" including the vital and basic training material for short filmmaking lectured by Nasser Bakideh within the festival.
"BOOMRANG" and "SPARKLES" among IRANIAN YOUNG CINEMA SOCIETY products have been selected to be screened in the festival international competition section.
 

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"A woman from Fog Tribe" in Yari Film Festival


"A woman from Fog Tribe" directed by Ashkan Ahmadi, produced and distributed by Iranian Young Cinema Society has been selected to be screened again in Yari Film Festival along with the other feature, short and documentary films.

Yari Film Festival allocates all its revenue to the Orphaned children and will take place on Sep., 25-30, 2008 in Sweden.
 

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2Young filmmakers from IRANIAN YOUNG CINEMA SOCIETY admitted for the fellowship of 4th Asian Film Academy, Pusan International Film Festival, 2008

Atefeh Khademolreza and Masoumeh Rajabi, 2 Iranian Young filmmakers admitted for AFA 2008 Fellowship among 153 candidates from 16 Asian countries. The fellows who were selected have passed the preliminary and the final selection.

Asian Film Academy (AFA) is an educational program where prospective filmmakers and established directors from Asia gather to deliberate and prepare for the future of Asian cinema. Fellows of AFA will share the vision of Asian cinema with prominent filmmakers through its 17 days of program which will take place on Sep., 25 to Oct., 11, 2008 in Pusan, South Korea.

The IRANIAN YOUNG CINEMA SOCIETY, as a FILM SCHOOL introduced 28 talented young filmmakers for AFA 2008 fellowship.

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“Pilgrimage” in 10th anniversary of TINKLAT INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESRIVAL in Lithuania

TINKLAT INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL has organized to screen the short films awarded in main International Film festivals.
TINKLAT International short film festival will take place on Sep., 7-12, 2008 in 6 big cities of Lithuania.
“Pilgrimage”, directed by Mehdi Jafari in 35 mm format, produced and distributed by IRANIAN YOUNG CINEMA SOCIETY has been selected for this purpose.

“Pilgrimage” has been participated and awarded in International film festivals as below:

- The 7th Torino Film Festival (Italy-1999- won the special Jury Award)
- The 10th Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival (Brazil-1999)
- The 2nd Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (Argentina-2000)
- The 24th Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hong Kong- 2000)
- Kerala International Film festival (India-2001)
 

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“BOOMRANG” in 22nd International film festival for children and young adults


“BOOMRANG”, directed by Daryoush Gharibzadeh, produced and distributed by IRANIAN YOUNG CINEMA SOCIETY is selected for the international competition section of the 22nd International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults.
BOOMRANG is going to compete with 21 other films from 13 countries as Russia, Ireland, New Zealand, Sweden,…
The 22nd International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults will take place on June, 20-25, 2008 in Hamedan- Iran.
 

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“Boomrang” in the SLOW FOOD on film festival

The short film BOOMRANG, directed by Daryoush Gharibzadeh from Bushehr, produced and distributed by IRANIAN YOUNG CINEMA SOCIETY has been selected to be screened in the First Festival of Slow Food on Film.
The festival will be held in Italy from May 7-11, 2008.
 

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First International festival of food and film (Slow food on film)

The first edition of the international festival of food and film will be held in Bologna, Italy from 7-11 May 2008.

Slow Food on Film aims at promoting a new critical awareness of food culture through the screening of films, short films, documentaries and TV series that focus on food-related issues (drives, perversions, identity and emotional implications) in an original way, as well as on the agricultural and food industry's repercussion on society and the environment, and on gastronomic memory as a common heritage to be safeguarded.

The following short films produced and distributed by Iranian Young Cinema Society (IYCS) have been submitted for the competition section of the festival:

- Boomrang/ Daryoush Gharibzadeh/ Booshehr branch
- Lake Uremia/ Reza Amnzadeh/ Oroumiyeh Branch
- Hunt after hunt/ Nader sheikholeslami/ Talesh branch
- Up to a white destination/ Mahmoud Shahbazi/ Bandar Abbas branch
- The voyage of Bambak/ Alireza Mohseni /Bandar Abbas branch
- The old man of Hara/ Mahvash Sheikholeslami
- Trap/ Farshad Fadaeian


The short film “BOOMRANG” has been asked by the festival.
 

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The 56th Trento Short Film Festival


The 56th Trento Short Film Festival will be held in Italy on April 27- May 05, 2008. Some of the films that enter the competition section will be screened in Bolsano city as well.
The following films, produced and distributed by Iranian Young Cinema Society will present Iran in the festival, if they can step in the competition section:
1- Wooden Carpet/ Abdolrahman Mirani
2- Man & God/ Mohammad Jafar Bagheri Nia
3- A stone-built house/ Ali Jafari Najaf abadi
 

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The 54th Oberhausen International Short Film Festival


The 24th Hamburg International Short Film Festival will be held in Oberhausen city in Germany on May 1-6, 2008. The festival is one of the most significant short film events in the world. The festival received 6500 submission in its last edition, i.e. 2007.
The following films, produced and distributed by Iranian Young Cinema Society will present Iran in the festival, if they can step in the competition section:
1- Lake Uremia/ Reza Amnzadeh/ Orumiyeh branch
2- Window/ Sima Yar Mohammadi/ Neishaboor branch
3- Life, war and nothing more/ Amir Athar Soheili/ Mashad branch
4- Alternation/ Mehdi Fard Ghaderi/ Neishaboor branch
5- At 8 AM/ Mostafa Emami// Tehran branch
6- The anonymous cemetery / Nasir Darvishvand/ Bandar Anzali branch
7- Soil, water, life/ Alireza Osouli/ Gonabad branch
8- Empty fish bowl/ Atefeh Khademolreza/ Tehran branch
 

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The 24th Hamburg International Short Film Festival


The 24th Hamburg International Short Film Festival will be held in Germany on June 4-9, 2008. The festival stands the second in rank among the short film events in Germany after Oberhausen.
The following films, produced and distributed by Iranian Young Cinema Society will present Iran in the festival, if they can step in the competition section:
1- Boomrang/ Daryoush Gharibzadeh/ Bushehr branch
2- Narrator/ Ali Alaei- Roya Majdnia/ Tehran branch
3- A stone-built house/ Ali Jafari Najaf abadi
4- Not been taken photos/ Ashkan Ahmadi
5- Place of soul/ Sajad Foroughi/ Karaj branch
6- Round 205/ Hamed Khosravi/ Bandar Anzali branch
7- Kia Soltan Holy Shrine/ Ala Mohseni
8- As a dream/ Bahareh Lellahi/ Tehran branch
9- Turquoise/ Hamid Naseri Moghadam/ Neishaboor branch
10- Come on! Everybody is asleep/ Zohre Zamani/ Bandar Anzali branch
11- Between 2 darkness/ S. Morteza Jazzab/ Tehran branch
12- A fertile ground for dreaming/ Tofigh Amani/ Sanandaj branch
 

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10th Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia 2008

The 10th Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia 2008 will be held in the Japanese capital city of Tokyo on June 29-July 4, 2008. The film that takes home the festival's Grand Prix will directly win the ticket for Oscar short films. The following films, produced and distributed by Iranian Young Cinema Society (IYCS) will represent Iran in the festival's Asian competition section:
1- Not been taken photos/ Ashkan Ahmadi/ Tehran
2- Boomrang/ Daryoush Gharibzadeh/ Boushehr
3- The Narrator/ Ali Alaei/ Tehran
4- Sol/ Iman Kimyaei/ Tehran
5- The empty fish bowl/ Atefeh Khademolreza/ Tehran
6- Life, and nothing else/ Rouhollah Molavi/ Qom
7- One day of a man/ Naghi Nemati/ Tehran
8- The cotton Tie/ Farzaneh Zeinali/ Abadeh
9- The presence/ Mohsen Ahmadi/ Abadeh
 

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 48th Cracow Film Festival
Poland will host the 48th Cracow Film Festival on May 30- June 5, 2008. The festival's national and international sections will screen documentaries up to 60 minutes and animation-feature films up to 30 minutes respectively. Cracow Film Festival is the main Short Film Festival in Poland. From Iran, the films below, produced and distributed by Iranian Young Cinema Society (IYCS) will be present in the art event:

1- The empty fish bowl/ Atefe Khademolreza/ Tehran
2- Boomrang/ Daryoush Gharibzadeh/ Boushehr
3- Alternation / Mahdi Fard Ghaderi/ Neishaboor
4- At 8 am/ Mostafa Emami/ Tehran
5- Toward the tree of life/ Mohsen Ramezanzadeh/ Tehran
6- The Narrator/ Ali Alaei/ Tehran
7- The Escape/ Salman Bahonar/ Tehran
8- The Scarecrow/ Nasser Nasserpoor/ Khoramabad
9- The limit of a circle/ Shahram Mokri/ Tehran
 

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Iranian short film, "Water's Bride", The Best Documentary of the Kyrgyzsatn Isssik- Kul" Film Festival

Iranian documentary "Water's Bride" directed by Mahdi Arab Yarmohammadi was awarded the top prize for the best documentary in Kyrgyzstan's Issik-kul film festival. The documentary, a product of the Iranian Young Cinema Society (IYCS), shows how the rain tradition is held in a district in the Iranian province of Semnan. The event also saw the jury acclaim the Iranian short film, "Pain & Citron"directed by Hossein Tourang who has depicted carpet darning.
The Issik-kul film festival which was held in the Kyrgyz city of "Chalian Ata" showcases documentaries and short films produced by young filmmakers. The Iranian Young Cinema Society, the Kyrgyzkino National Organization and Kyrgyzstan Foreign Ministry have jointly launched the film festival.
Envoys from Armenia, the Azerbaijan Republic, Belarusia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Lithonia, Moldavia, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Estonia, Iran, Turkey, China, Canada, the US and some European countries were present at the international event. Nasser Bakideh, the head of the IYCS, represented Iran in the festival.
 

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Jury Special Prize of the first International Qoranic films festival for the short film"Presence"

The short film "Presence" directed by Mohsen Ahmadi secured the special prize of the jury in the First International Quranic Film Festival. The seven –minute-long film is an experimental version of human beings ' lifestyle and orientations. ' Presence' had already been named as the candidate for the best experimental film in the Young Cinema competition section at the Tehran International Short Film Festival.
 

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Iranian short film "Cotton Tie" in the international competition section of the most Sweden short film event: Uppsala Short Film Festival

A short animation produced by the Iranian Young Cinema Society (IYCS) has been selected for the competition section of 26th Uppsala Short Film Festival in Sweden.
"Cotton Tie" directed by Farzaneh Zeinali has made it to the international section of the film event. This year Sweden is holding the 26th Uppsala Short Film Festival which is its most leading short film event, on October 22- 28.
Farzaneh Zeinali, a post-graduate student of cinema, is an IYCS member in Abadeh branch. The 10-minute-long "Cotton Tie" is her first experience in filmmaking. The short film which is shot through 3D MAX technique features an eraser that is tasked with efforts to erase all good vocabularies from the dictionary.