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Tehran International Short Film Festival

Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF)
TISFF is holding annually in October with National and International Competitions.
First TISFF had been held in 1983 as a non-competitive.
In 1984 the first regulation and entry form of international festival had been prepared and sent to the addresses of foreign filmmakers.
By attending at Clermont-Ferrand Film Market and other international events, many film makers from different countries had been familiar with TISFF therefore the festival had received more films.
In 2005 the festival joined International Short Film Conference.
In 2007 TISFF became member of SHORTFILMDEPOT and in 2015 a member of REELPORT.
In 2014 the festival had received almost 3000 films from 104 countries around the world.
The next edition of festival will be held in October 2015.
For submitting the films to TISFF, please visit the following websites:
www.shortfilmdepot.com
www.reelport.com

Festival Address:
No 9, 19th Alley, Ahmed Ghasir Ave, Arjantin Sq.
151 39 15 311Tehran, Iran
P.O. Box: 15875/ 9544
Tel/ Fax: +98 21 88106836
Email: tehranfilmfest@gmail.com

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iShorts

iShorts is a non-profit organization that seeks to promote short films together with their authors. Our main activity is organizing regular short film screenings in Czech and Slovak cities. Each screening night has a specific program. On regular basis, we screen films that were awarded at major festivals: Cannes, Berlinale, Clermont-Ferrand, Sundance and many more. We were the first in Central and Eastern Europe to showcase all the finalists of Academy Awards for short films. We cooperate with European Film Academy and yearly we hold screenings of short horror films for Halloween, we organize an annual competition for cinematography in short films and we present films from various big cities: New York or London.

Norwegian Film Institute

The Norwegian Film Institute (NFI) operates under the auspices of The Royal Norwegian Ministry for Culture and is the government’s civil executive body for the film sector and its advisor in questions of film policy. Through Regulations delivered by the Ministry and its general mandate the NFI is charged with putting the government’s film policy into practice.
The NFI provides support for Norwegian Films, televisions series and electronic games, and organizes training and talent development in the sector. The Film Institute represents and informs about Norwegian film on the national as well as on the international level.  Through our web site, the Film Museum, and exhibitions in the Film House the NFI protects and disseminates knowledge of and understanding of the Norwegian film heritage.

The Institute is furthermore charged with facilitating and marketing Norway as an attractive shooting location for foreign film producers.

The Film Institute represents Norway in the European co-production fund EURIMAGES and in the European Audiovisual Observatory.

The NFI is a member of the international film archives’ organization FIAF, and of a number of other international bodies and organizations in the film sector, among them the International Council of Educational Media, European Film Promotion and Scandinavian Films.

A Wall is a Screen

A Wall is a Screen is a combination of short film open air and city tour; creating a new context for the moving image. Using mobile projection equipment A Wall is a Screen transforms the public space into a pop up open air cinema. The audience just follows the projection team to unknown places and locations; where architecture and film create an extraordinary symbiosis with surprising results.

It takes advantage of the ‘nightly downtime’ in the vitality of the down town area. It is a combination of a guided city tour and a film night. The group of participants walks through downtown and stops at bright walls where short films of various genres are shown. After the end of one film, the group continues on to the next wall and film.

As a guided city tour the project brings residents to parts of their city they have not been. Furthermore, films can be shown at the very location at which they were originally created.

As a film night, the project can have surprising effects. A film corresponds with the screening location and the screening location with the film. The location and passers-by seem to interact with the film, become part of it. Street noises seem to have an impact on the action of the film/plot.

The selection of films for the individual event depends on the thematic focus. Previous events succeeded through comprehensive international research as well as cooperation with local filmmakers. International films were shown with films created by students of art schools.

Some Shorts

Some Shorts is a film festival distribution agency started by Wouter Jansen in 2013. Through his years of experience at film festivals he noticed that there is a gap in the knowledge of filmmakers about the festival scene. With Some Shortshe tries to achieve the goal to make strong films more visible and give directors a push in their career.

We try to achieve this by helping with the development of a festival strategy, carrying out all the submissions to the festivals and dealing with the necessary film transport and information requests when a film gets selected. With everything we go for quality over quantity.

The catalog of Some Shorts includes a limited selection of strong and daring films often made by upcoming directors, both shorts (all genres) and feature documentaries. Every year we work with around 15 short films and 6 features. This has resulted in a small catalogue of films premiering at prestigious festivals and winning multiple awards over the last few years like Academy Awards, the European Film Award and main prizes at Cannes, Berlin, Locarno and Clermont-Ferrand a.o.