Iranian International Shortfilm Festival ( IYCS) - Competition Section A

The Selected Fiction Films for the National Competition Section A

The songs of despair

Name of Film: The songs of despair
Director: Behzad Khodaveisi
Country/City: Tehran
Time: 19 min.

Category: Fiction
Format: Beta Cam
Script: Behzad Khodaveisi
Photography: Bairam Fazli
Editor: Alimohammad Ghassemi
Sound: Mohammadreza Youssefi, Behrouz Shahamat
Music: Saiid Shahram
Producer: IYCS
Date of Production: 2001

Synopsis: An old man is admitted in a hospital. A severely injured young man is brought in next to him. The old man cares after him, talks with him, and an intimate rapport develops between them. Meanwhile, the old man tells him about the events behind the door. The old man dies in operation room. After his death the young man goes to the window and opens it: there is a wall there.

Credits

Name of Film: Credits
Director: Kamran Shamshiri
Country/City: Mashad
Time: 8 min. 54 sec.
Category: Fiction

Format: Beta Cam
Script: Kamran Shamshiri
Photography: Ali Azimzadeh Tehrani
Editor: Varadid Company
Sound: Varadid Company
Music: Kamran Shamshiri
Producer: Mahmoud Momeni
Date of Production: 2001

Synopsis: There are 30 persons in a long queue, each one being the symbol of a classic Iranian movie. Each one has two loaves of bread. At the end, we notice that they give the loaves to box office, and they are actually buying tickets. The film consists of only one shot.

Habib

Name of Film: Habib
Director: Mehdi Mohammadi Pourabad
Country/City: Mashad
Time: 35 min.

Category: Fiction
Format: Beta Cam
Script: Reza Heidarnezhad
Photography: Alireza Boroufian
Editor: Mehdi Mohammadi Pourabad
Sound: Mohsen Tayebi
Music: Majid Saneii
Producer: Majid Jalilzadeh, IRIB (Khorassan Center)
Date of Production: 2001

Synopsis: An old man, who lives calmly in the suburb, is disturbed by loud noises of a young man's motorcycle. He decides to revenge in various ways. After a while, the young man disappears. The old man, who is saddened by his absence, tries to find him.

Nabat

Name of Film: Nabat
Director: Marzieh Vafamehr
Country/City: Tehran
Time: 11 min.

Category: Fiction
Format: Beta Cam
Script: Marzieh Vafamehr
Photography: Abtin Sahami
Editor: Parissa Parvinnia
Sound: Mehdi Sohani
Music: -
Producer: Marzieh Vafamehr
Date of Production: 2001

Synopsis: Nabat, a seven-year-old girl is alone at home. It is wartime. Her mother calls and informs her that it is red alarm, but because her puppet show will last longer, she cannot return home. Now, Nabat is alone with her puppets…

The Mortuary

Name of Film: The Mortuary
Director: Soheil Amirsharifi
Country/City: Tehran
Time: 12 min.

Category: Fiction
Format: Beta Cam
Script: Soheil Amirsharifi
Photography: Navid Moheymanian
Editor: Soheil Amirsharifi
Sound: Peyman Yadgari
Music: -
Producer: Soheil Amirsharifi
Date of Production: 2001

Synopsis: A young mother dies while giving birth to her child. The child grows, and now she is pregnant, fearing death. Recalling her mother, she sees her in her youth and talks with her.

One, Two, Three, Four

Name of Film: One, Two, Three, Four
Director: Saiid Tavakkolifar
Country/City: Mashad

Time: 38 min.
Category: Fiction
Format: Beta Cam
Script: Saiid Tavakkolifar
Photography: Seyed-Morteza Seyedinezhad
Editor: Saiid Tavakkolifar
Sound: Darioush Safari-Zanjan
Music: Mehdi Hassani
Producer: Soheil Amirsharifi
Date of Production: 2001

Synopsis: Majid, a first-year schoolboy, flees from school on his first day. But longing to learn counting returns him back to school.

This Cradle Will Rock

Name of Film: This Cradle Will Rock
Director: Foroud Evazpour
Country/City: Khorramabad
Time: 12 min.

Category: Fiction
Format: Beta Cam
Script: Foroud Evazpour
Photography: Ahmad Kazeminezhad
Editor: Foroud Evazpour
Sound: Majid Bolouri
Music: Habibollah Soleimani
Producer: Foroud Evazpour
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: A peasant girl and her brother are lost during a heavy rain in desert. Their mother goes out to find them, but on returning home is killed by thunder. Now, the girl must fill her place.

All Those Years

Name of Film: All Those Years
Director: Behzad Rasoulzadeh
Country/City: Tehran

Time: 11 min.
Category: Fiction
Format: Beta Cam
Script: Behzad Rasoulzadeh
Photography: Nader Mohammadi
Editor: Behzad Rasoulzadeh
Sound: Behzad Rasoulzadeh
Music: Laleh Rasoulzadeh
Producer: IYCS
Date of Production: 2001

Synopsis: An old woman lives in her past.

Mitchiko

Name of Film: Mitchiko
Director: Reza Almassi
Country/City: Tehran
Time: 23 min.

Category: Fiction
Format: Beta Cam
Script: Reza Almassi
Photography: Reza Almassi
Editor: Jafar Malmir
Sound: Karolina Rakovistka, Jafar Malmir
Music: -
Producer: IYCS
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: Mitchiko is a Japanese girl who has come to Iran after marrying an Iranian boy. On the day of their anniversary, her husband goes out to desert for work and comes back late. Mitchiko is dressed Japanese and is waiting for her husband along with her only child. Mitchiko remembers her arrival at the village and her wedding until her husband returns.

Haavar

Name of Film: Haavar
Director: Rahim Zabihi
Country/City: Tehran

Time: 17 min.
Category: Fiction
Format: DV Cam
Script: Rahim Zabihi
Photography: Ashkan Ahmadi
Editor: Ashkan Ahmadi
Sound: -
Music: -
Producer: Karim Mahmoudi, Rahim Zabihi
Date of Production: -

Synopsis: -

Non stop

Title: Non stop
Director: Afshin Liaghat
Category: Fiction

Format: DV Cam
Time: 11'
Year: 2002
Country: Iran
Script: Afshin Liaghat
Photography: Soheil Mohseni
Editor: S.Del Zendeh, R.Chabokro
Sound: Mehrdad Dadgoy
Music: Pink Floyed
Producer: Afshin Liaghat

Synopsis: A woman is wondering around the " Mehrabad Airport ".

A Meeting Place Under A Lonely Tree

Name of Film: A Meeting Place Under A Lonely Tree
Director: Ebrahim Saiidi
Country/City: Tehran
Time: 23 min.

Category: Fiction
Format: DV Cam
Script: Ebrahim Saiidi
Photography: Bairam Fazli
Editor: Ebrahim Saiidi
Sound: Ebrahim Saiidi
Music: Mohammad Salarvand
Producer: Ebrahim Saiidi
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: The eternal story of love as told by an old villager.

The Travelers

Name of Film: The Travelers
Director: Nader Sheikholeslami
Country/City: Talesh
Time: 8 min.
Category: Fiction

Format: DV Cam
Script: Nader Sheikholeslami
Photography: Nader Sheikholeslami
Editor: Nader Sheikholeslami
Sound: Nader Sheikholeslami
Music: Fariborz Nikkhah
Producer: IYCS - Talesh
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: A lonely old man reviews his restless joyful youth by his only companion (his pen).

The Song of Rain Girls

Name of Film: The Song of Rain Girls
Director: Farahnaz Asoudeh
Country/City: Talesh
Time: 9 min.

Category: Documentary-Fiction
Format: DV Cam
Script: Farahnaz Asoudeh
Photography: Nader Sheikholeslami
Editor: Nader Sheikholeslami
Sound: Nader Sheikholeslami
Music: Fariborz Nikkhah
Producer: IYCS - Talesh
Date of Production: 2001

Synopsis: Dreams of two young girls during childhood come true; but it leads to separation. And c'est la vie.

The passenger

Title: The passenger
Director: Arash Rasafi
Category: Fiction
Format: DV Cam

Time: 20'
Year: 2002
Country: Iran
Script: A.Rasafi
Photography: Shahram Mokri
Editor: A.Rasafi
Sound: Shahram Mirab Aghdam
Music: A.Rasafi
Producer: A.Rasafi

Synopsis: A son promises to his old father to take him to a journey but he does not appear.

How Green Was My School

Name of Film: How Green Was My School
Director: Jafar Nassiri Shahraki
Country/City: Ghazvin

Time: 30 min.
Category: Fiction
Format: DV Cam
Script: Jafar Nassiri Shahraki
Photography: Majid Aasheghi
Editor: Hamid Sabokdast
Sound: Abolfazl Soroushmehr
Music: Hossein Torkashvand
Producer: Jafar Nassiri Shahraki
Date of Production: 2001

Synopsis: Due to immigration of villagers, students of a village school fall in number, and the only village school is closed. Morteza, who has lost his mother and so has got an emotional link to his teacher is confronted with difficulties, until…

Kaos

Name of Film: Kaos
Director: Marjan Ashrafizadeh
Country/City: Tehran

Time: 31 min.
Category: Fiction
Format: DV Cam
Script: Marjan Ashrafizadeh
Photography: Ahmad Ahmadi
Editor: Majid Shatti
Sound: Alireza Nekoulaal
Music: Marjan Ashrafizadeh
Producer: Hoor Research and Translation Institution, Marjan Ashrafizadeh
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: After 5 years, a young woman, survivor of Armenian massacre in Turkey in 1915, returns to Iran among her husband's family. She hopes to find her husband who has been lost during massacre. She then finds out that her husband has engaged another woman, so she commits suicide that very night. Thereafter, in a timeless world, the woman and her husband, who dies 48 years later, argue about this subject.

Acceptance

Name of Film: Acceptance
Director: Mohammad Shirvani
Country/City: Tehran
Time: 20 min.
Category: Fiction

Format: DV Cam
Script: Mohammad Shirvani
Photography: Javad Bozorgmehr
Editor: Mohammad Shirvani
Sound: Behrouz Abedini
Music: Payam Shams
Producer: Houshang Khoubbakht
Date of Production: 2000

Synopsis: By his childish act, a schoolboy forces the school principal to have a new experience.

A Holiday

Name of Film: A Holiday
Director: Mohsen Khanjahani
Country/City: Tehran
Time: 20 min.
Category: Fiction

Format: DV Cam
Script: Parviz hassanlou
Photography: Mohammadreza Delshad
Editor: Mohsen Khanjahani
Sound: Rouhollah Jafarbeyglou, Behrouz Shahamat
Music: -
Producer: IYCS
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: The mother and fiancée of Ali Dehkouii Zareii come to visit him at the barracks. The guard prevents them from entering, and Ali seeks for a leave, and…

The Fish

Name of Film: The Fish
Director: Laleh Kabavaii
Country/City: -
Time: 7 min. 50 sec.
Category: Fiction

Format: DV Cam
Script: Hassan Najafi
Photography: Hassan Vahdani
Editor: Morad Ounal
Sound: -
Music: -
Producer: IYCS - Tabriz, Ezmir University of Turkey
Date of Production: 2001

Synopsis: An old woman goes to a city, with a glass jar in which there is a fish. After death of the woman, the fish notices the sea, and is eager to go there…

The Mirror

Name of Film: The Mirror
Director: Darioush Yari
Country/City: Tehran
Time: 16 min.

Category: Fiction
Format: DV Cam
Script: Hossein Mesghali
Photography: Mohammad Aligholizadeh
Editor: Mahmoud Yarmohammdlou
Sound: Karim Kashani
Music: Darioush Taghipour
Producer: IYCS
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: A young man seeks for the hand of a girl. Her mother tells him about her father's will: the suitor must be a rich man, or a scholar, or an artist. The young man tries it all, and at last decides to learn glasswork. But, after achieving mastership, he loses his eyesight.

As white as coal

Title: As white as coal
Director: Nasser Nasserpour
Category: Documentary

Format: 16 mm
Time: 12'
Year: 2001
Country: Iran
Script: Nasser Nasserpour
Photography: Shamsoddin Arvand
Editor: Shamsoddin Arvand
Sound: Hossein Moafi
Music:
Producer: IYCS

Synopsis: The film is about a young boy who earns a living by selling coal.

The Autumn

Name of Film: The Autumn
Director: Leili Aaj
Country/City: Tehran
Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
Category: Fiction

Format: 16 mm.
Script: Leili Aaj
Photography: Esmaiil Aghajani
Editor: Leili Aaj
Sound: Masoud Behnam
Music: -
Producer: IYCS
Date of Production: 2001

Synopsis: A little girl is drawing pictures with green colors. Her painting is left under a tree, and autumn leaves fall over it, turning it to yellow.

She Is You

Name of Film: She Is You
Director: Behrouz Soleimaninazir

Country/City: Karaj
Time: 7 min.
Category: Fiction
Format: 16 mm.
Script: Behrouz Soleimaninazir
Photography: Behnam Shahabi
Editor: Behrouz Soleimaninazir
Sound: Ali Lotfi
Music: Behrouz Soleimaninazir
Producer: Hilaj Photography Company
Date of Production: 2001

Synopsis: A man is driving his car on a road. A woman's voice is heard off-screen. The man recalls his childhood, and has a car accident.

The Red Wind

Name of Film: The Red Wind

Director: Alimohammad Ghassemi
Country/City: Tehran
Time: 14 min.
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm.
Script: Alimohammad Ghassemi, Morteza Saeli
Photography: Alimohammad Ghassemi
Editor: Bahram Beizaii
Sound: Abbas Rastegarpour
Music: Bahram Shamami
Producer: IYCS
Date of Producton: 2001

Synopsis: A stranger believes that all people are sinful; so sacrifices must be made to satisfy God. The sacrifices are chosen one after another…

Shalizeh

Name of Film: Shalizeh
Director: Aazam Najafian
Country/City: Tehran
Time: 14 min.

Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm.
Script: Aazam Najafian
Photography: Alimohammad Ghassemi
Editor: Alimohammad Ghassemi
Sound: Abbas Rastegarpour
Music: Bahram Shamami
Producer: IYCS
Date of Production: 2001

Synopsis: A girl bathes in a sacred river that fulfills wishes. But to get them, she must pay her best thing.

Al-Hala (Jasmine)

Name of Film: (Jasmine)
Director: Ardalan Aashouri
Country/City: Tehran
Time: 4 min.
Category: Fiction

Format: 35 mm.
Script: Ardalan Aashouri
Photography: Babak Zarafshan
Editor: Manouchehr Oliaii
Sound: -
Music: -
Producer: IYCS
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: Two Israeli soldiers intend to rape a Palestinian girl, but she kills both of them during a suicidal operation.

The Grub

Name of Film: The Grub
Director: Mostafa Ale Ahmad
Country/City: Tehran

Time: 18 min.
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm.
Script: Mostafa Alahmad
Photography: Jalal Alifekr
Editor: Mostafa Alahmad
Sound: Mehran Malakouti, Mahmoud Mousavinezhad
Music: -
Producer: IYCS
Date of Production: 2001

Synopsis: The film has not a story in a dramatic sense. It points out to the concepts of life and death, will and destiny and their relation, in a surrealistic way. It removes the frontiers between reality and dream. By depicting social traditions, it tells about the alienation of modern man.

Patching

Name of Film: Patching
Director: Saiid Nouri
Country/City: Tehran
Time: 12 min.
Category: Fiction-Experimental

Format: 35 mm.
Script: Saiid Nouri
Photography: Amin Jafari
Editor: Manouchehr Oliaii
Sound: Ali Hosseinzadeh
Music: -
Producer: Saiid Nouri, Mohammadreza Mesgar
Date of Production: 2001

Synopsis: A young couple who cannot watch movies together. Also, two interviews, a suicide, and dubbing of the film Alphaville.

The Pond

Name of Film: The Pond
Director: Mehdi Jafari
Country/City: Tehran
Time: 8 min.
Category: Fiction

Format: 35 mm.
Script: Mehdi Jafari
Photography: Mehdi Jafari
Editor: Farshad Fadaiian
Sound: Hamid Eslami, Kamran Saharkhiz
Music: -
Producer: IYCS
Date of Production: 2001

Synopsis: Now and then, the pool is full of water. Three brief events happen beside it.

The Neighbor

Name of Film: The Neighbor
Director: Ali Mosaffa
Country/City: Tehran

Time: 25 min.
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm.
Script: Ali Mosaffa
Photography: Homayoun Paivar
Editor: Ali Mosaffa
Sound: Bahman Heidari, Fardin Sahabzamani
Music: -
Producer: IYCS
Date of Production: 2000- 2001

Synopsis: Mahmoud goes to doctor for sore throat and cough. The doctor advises him to rest and do not talk too much. On returning home and in the absence of his wife, he is confronted with a new situation in which he must listen to a variety of voices.

Good soil

Title: Good soil
Director: Ali Zamani Esmati
Category: Fiction

Format: 35 mm
Time: 14'
Year: 2001
Country: Iran
Script: Ali Zamani Esmati
Photography: Ali Zamani Esmati
Editor: Zhila Epikchi
Sound: E.Dadras, B.Shahamat
Music: Saeed Shahram
Producer: IYCS

Synopsis: In a desert area a boy falls in love with a girl who with her blind grandfather is looking for water.

The Wind Combs Your Hair

Name of Film: The Wind Combs Your Hair
Director: Saman Salour
Country/City: Tehran

Time: 18 min.
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm.
Script: Saman Salour
Photography: Masoud Salaami
Editor: Saman Salour
Sound: Behrouz Shahamat
Music: Darioush Namdar-Zangeneh
Producer: Saman Salour, Close-up Cultural and Artistic Office
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: A pure love, looks, sounds, colors, delicious sweetness of love, and bitterness of defeat, while passing by deserted trees, through narrow ways, and the smile of an innocent girl who thinks by herself:
Could I ever comb my hair in the wind?

The Mother

Name of Film: The Mother
Director: Morteza Aliabbas Mirzaii
Country/City: Tehran

Time: 5 min.
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm.
Script: Morteza Aliabbas Mirzaii
Photography: Bairam Fazli, Morteza Gheidi
Editor: Shervin Oliaii
Sound: Alireza Naderi, Iraj Shahzadi
Music: Ali Shams
Producer: IYCS
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: An old woman living in a nursing home calls her children on New Year eve.