Iranian International Shortfilm Festival ( IYCS)

The Selected Fiction Films for the National Competition Section B

Koufis

Title: Koufis
Director: Saiid Zolnourian
Country/City: Iran/Shiraz

Time: 19’
Category: Fiction
Format: 8 mm
Screenplay: Saiid Zolnourian
Cinematographer: Abolfazl Rajaii
Editor: Saiid Zolnourian
Sound: Ali Riasati
Score: Saiid Zolnourian
Producer: 2001
Date of Production: IYCS (Shiraz)

Synopsis: Some passengers are travelling to an unknown place, but unreasonable stops by the driver causes their annoyance and…

A Few Years

Title: A Few Years
Director: Seyedjalal Nouri
Country/City: Iran/Sabzehvar
Time: 23’

Category: Fiction
Format: S.VHS
Screenplay: Seyedjalal Nouri
Cinematographer: Seyedjalal Nouri
Editor: Saiid Khodaii
Sound: Ramezan Momtaheni, Saiid Khodaii
Score: Seyedjalal Nouri
Producer: IYCS (Sabzehvar)
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: A narration of ‘where am I’, desolation, useless attempt to reach the origin, and drowning in illusion- the eternal hallucinations.

Auntie Beetle

Title: Auntie Beetle
Director: Hamid Hajafirad
Country/City: Iran/Ghazvin

Time: 10’
Category: Fiction
Format: S.VHS
Screenplay: Hamid Hajafirad
Cinematographer: Hamid Hajafirad
Editor: Hamid Hajafirad, Pourjavad
Sound:
Score:
Producer: IYCS (Ghazvin)
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: A little girl wishes to be a bride.

Distressed

Title: Distressed
Director: Mohtaramsadat Hosseiniavval
Country/City: Iran/Mashad
Time: 7’ 35”

Category: Fiction
Format: S.VHS
Screenplay: Mohtaramsadat Hosseiniavval
Cinematographer: Hamid Bahadori
Editor: Mohtaramsadat Hosseiniavval, Hamed Zafaranlou
Sound: Pouya-Tasvir (Javad Yavari)
Score: Hamed Zafaranlou
Producer: IYCS (Mashad)
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: Pari, a woman who has lost her child in a fire accident and herself has suffered severe burning, notices after a few years, her husband, Ehsan, doesn’t like her and wishes for another woman.

Everybody who Clamor

Title: Everybody who Clamor
Director: Javad Hajsharifi
Country/City: Iran/Rafsanjan

Time: 8’ 45”
Category: Fiction
Format: S.VHS
Screenplay: Javad Hajsharifi
Cinematographer: Hossein Mohammadhosseini
Editor: Mohammad Khalili
Sound: Ebrahim Harandi, Mohammad Khalili
Score: Javad Hajsharifi
Producer: IYCS (Rafsanjan)
Date of Production: 2003

Synopsis: Senior of the classroom uses an old method to keep the class quiet.

In the Wind

Title: In the Wind
Director: Habib Bavisajed
Country/City: Iran/Ahvaz

Time: 15’
Category: Fiction
Format: S.VHS
Screenplay: Habib Bavisajed
Cinematographer: Seyedhamid Mousavi
Editor: Habib Bavisajed
Sound: Habib Bavisajed
Score:
Producer: IYCS (Ahvaz)
Date of Production: 2003

Synopsis: A spinster at her last years writes a letter to her sister demanding her to live together, but while writing she notices that…

Mahbanou

Title: Mahbanou
Director: Abdollah Ghahri
Country/City: Iran/Malayer

Time: 14’
Category: Fiction
Format: S.VHS
Screenplay: Abdollah Ghahri, Zabihollah Bakhtiari
Cinematographer: Zabihollah Bakhtiari
Editor: Abdollah Ghahri, Ehsan Mirshahvalad
Sound:
Score: Mojtaba Ghahri
Producer: IYCS (Malayer)
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: An author has to give his work to a publication company in the next 24 hours, but he has dispute with his main character for its presence in the story…

Part (Thrown away?)

Title: Part (Thrown away?)
Director: Sholeh Golrokhi
Country/City: Iran/Mashad
Time: 7’

Category: Fiction
Format: S.VHS
Screenplay: Sholeh Golrokhi
Cinematographer: Ebrahim Shakeri
Editor: Ebrahim Shakeri
Sound: Ebrahim Shakeri
Score: Abdi Behravanfar
Producer: IYCS (Mashad)
Date of Production: 2003

Synopsis: A look at a woman’s mental life.

PasJoureh

Title: PasJoureh
Director: Ali Shahideh
Country/City: Iran/Kashan

Time: 14’
Category: Fiction
Format: S.VHS
Screenplay: Ali Shahideh
Cinematographer: Ali Shahideh
Editor: Ali Shahideh
Sound: Jafar Bazmian
Score:
Producer: IYCS (Kashan)
Date of Production: 2003

Synopsis: Walnut trees which belong to nobody, and people struggle for their ownership.

Rain Again…

Title: Rain Again…
Director: Mahmoud Saiidi

Country/City: Iran/Karaj
Time: 6’
Category: Fiction
Format: S.VHS
Screenplay: Mahmoud Saiidi
Cinematographer: Reza Khamseh
Editor: Mahmoud Saiidi
Sound: Mahmoud Saiidi
Score: Mahmoud Saiidi
Producer: IYCS (Karaj)
Date of Production: 2003

Synopsis: Children strive among adults to live.

Tarbas

Title: Tarbas
Director: Seyedabbas Shafii
Country/City: Iran/Ahvaz

Time: 24’
Category: Fiction
Format: S.VHS
Screenplay: Seyedabbas Shafii
Cinematographer: Soulmaz Zanbir
Editor: Seyedabbas Shafii
Sound: Seyedsoleiman Alesoveit
Score: Seyedabbas Shafii
Producer: IYCS (Ahvaz)
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: A young pigeon fancier accidentally finds a bag of porn CD’s and wants to sell them. But is chased by police and captured, and another young man takes the bag.

The Blue Sky

Title: The Blue Sky
Director: Mehdi Heidarnezhad

Country/City: Iran/Talesh
Time: 4’
Category: Fiction
Format: S.VHS
Screenplay: Mehdi Heidarnezhad
Cinematographer: Mehdi Heidarnezhad
Editor: Mehdi Heidarnezhad
Sound: Mehdi Heidarnezhad
Score: Mehdi Heidarnezhad
Producer: IYCS (Talesh)
Date of Production: 2001

Synopsis: An invalid boy driven away by society.

The Chain

Title: The Chain
Director: Seyedreza Mousavi
Country/City: Iran/Meshkinshahr
Time: 4’ 30”

Category: Fiction
Format: S.VHS
Screenplay: Seyedreza Mousavi
Cinematographer: Esmaiil Ebrahimi
Editor: Mirdolat Mousavi
Sound: Mirdolat Mousavi
Score: Mirdolat Mousavi
Producer: IYCS (Meshkinshahr)
Date of Production: 2003

Synopsis: A boy with wounded bloody face is looking for a chain.

The Letter

Title: The Letter
Director: Sima Sarreshtehdari
Country/City: Iran/Ghazvin
Time: 11’

Category: Fiction
Format: S.VHS
Screenplay: Sima Sarreshtehdari
Cinematographer: Najafirad, Pourjavad
Editor: Najafirad
Sound:
Score:
Producer: IYCS (Ghazvin)
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: A girl is alone with an unfinished picture and sending letters to an imaginary friend whose response she is always waiting for.

The Reel

Title: The Reel
Director: Norouz Alizadeh
Country/City: Iran/Ardebil

Time: 4’
Category: Fiction
Format: S.VHS
Screenplay: Norouz Alizadeh
Cinematographer: Morteza Adli
Editor: Behzad Moloud
Sound: Norouz Alizadeh
Score: Norouz Alizadeh
Producer: IYCS (Ardebil)
Date of Production: 2003

Synopsis: A distributor of film reels has some problems while passing a village and loses the reels…

The Remains of…

Title: The Remains of…
Director: Samad Rahimipour
Country/City: Iran/Ilam

Time: 5’ 40”
Category: Fiction
Format: S.VHS
Screenplay: Samad Rahimipour
Cinematographer: Mohammad Hajian
Editor: Mohammadhassan Ghassemi
Sound: Mostafa Karami
Score: Samad Rahimipour
Producer: IYCS (Ilam)
Date of Production: 2003

Synopsis: A child finds a mortar shell while playing and exploring the soil. He takes it to home and…

The Schoolmate

Title: The Schoolmate
Director: Hassan Akbaripour
Country/City: Iran/Rafsanjan
Time: 22’
Category: Fiction
Format: S.VHS
Screenplay: Hassan Akbaripour
Cinematographer: Hossein Mohammadhosseini
Editor: Hossein Mohammadhosseini
Sound: Mohammad Khalilinezhad
Score: Hassan Akbaripour
Producer: IYCS (Rafsanjan)
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: Two poor boy classmates have an adventure while taking food to school.

Third Floor Dweller

Title: Third Floor Dweller
Director: Hamid Zargarnezhad
Country/City: Iran/Ahvaz
Time: 15’

Category: Fiction
Format: S.VHS
Screenplay: Hamid Zargarnezhad
Cinematographer: Esfandiar Khishkar
Editor: Hamid Zargarnezhad
Sound: Gholamreza Fatehi
Score: Hamid Zargarnezhad
Producer: Hamid Zargarnezhad, IYCS(Ahvaz)
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: On returning home, a man suspects that another man is chasing him. At last they both get into a house, and the other man claims it is his home. Then the first man notices changes there.

Water in the Ants’ Nest

Title: Water in the Ants’ Nest
Director: Ferdos Khosravinezhad
Country/City: Iran/Khorramabad

Time: 12’
Category: Fiction
Format: S.VHS
Screenplay: Mirabbas Khosravinezhad
Cinematographer: Ferdos Khosravinezhad
Editor: Ferdos Khosravinezhad, Mirabbas Khosravinezhad
Sound: Ferdos Khosravinezhad
Score:
Producer: IYCS (Khorramabad)
Date of Production: 2003

Synopsis: Death of the mother of a family brings about problems for the father, and lack of affection in the home disturbs the children and they suffer enuresis.

World War No. n

Title: World War No. n
Director: Mahmood Sodaii

Country/City: Iran/Kashan
Time: 18’
Category: Fiction
Format: S.VHS
Screenplay: Mahmood Sodaii
Cinematographer: Ali Shahideh
Editor: Mahmood Sodaii
Sound:
Score: Mahmood Sodaii
Producer: IYCS (Kashan)
Date of Production: 2003

Synopsis: Some girl students arrange for a meeting. When another four arrive, one sees that it is for a party.

Zero Time

Title: Zero Time
Director: Shahrouz Aghaiipour
Country/City: Iran/Ghazvin
Time: 15’
Category: Fiction
Format: S.VHS
Screenplay: Shahrouz Aghaiipour
Cinematographer: Amir Alipour
Editor: Hamid Najafirad
Sound: Hamid Najafirad
Score:
Producer: IYCS (Ghazvin)
Date of Production: 2003

Synopsis: A doctor is called to visit a patient at midnight. On arrival, he meets his own body.

A Day like Other Days

Title: A Day like Other Days
Director: Ehsan Jahanbakhshan
Country/City: Iran/Boushehr

Time: 20 35”
Category: Fiction
Format: VHS
Screenplay: Ehsan Jahanbakhshan
Cinematographer: Karim Faeghian
Editor: Ehsan Jahanbakhshan
Sound: Ehsan Jahanbakhshan
Score: Mohsen Sharifian
Producer: IYCS (Boushehr)
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: A girl is prohibited by her mother to ride a bicycle which herself has paid for its repair.

Codeine

Title: Codeine
Director: Peyman Mandegar
Country/City: Iran/Abadan
Time: 20’

Category: Fiction
Format: VHS
Screenplay: Peyman Mandegar
Cinematographer: Peyman Mandegar
Editor: Peyman Mandegar
Sound: Peyman Mandegar
Score:
Producer: Peyman Mandegar, Mahshahr Filming Multimedia Company
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: A filming group is going to make a film about TV satellite programs and the impact of these programs on young Iranians. So, they go to an actor’s home and filming begins.

Deliverance

Title: Deliverance
Director: Parvin Ebrahimi
Country/City: Iran/Sanandaj
Time: 1’

Category: Fiction
Format: VHS
Screenplay:
Cinematographer:
Editor:
Sound:
Score:
Producer: IYCS (Sanandaj)
Date of Production: 2003

Synopsis:

Flip

Title: Flip
Director: Seyedmorteza Ahmadi
Country/City: Iran/Khomeinishahr
Time: 14’

Category: Fiction
Format: VHS
Screenplay: Seyedmorteza Ahmadi
Cinematographer: Hojjatollah Meraj
Editor: Hojjatollah Meraj
Sound: Sina Eghbalnik
Score: Ali Montazeri
Producer: Khomeinishahr Young Cinematographers Society
Date of Production: 2003

Synopsis: Some boys run after their cigarette pack, which is floating on a stream, and then suddenly it goes into a garden…

Lipstick

Title: Lipstick
Director: Iman Tahsinzadeh
Country/City: Iran/Tehran

Time: 13’
Category: Fiction
Format: VHS
Screenplay: Iman Tahsinzadeh
Cinematographer: Hoda Emtiaz
Editor: Iman Tahsinzadeh
Sound: Iman Tahsinzadeh
Score: Iman Tahsinzadeh
Producer: Hoda Emtiaz
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: A man suffering paranoia wakes by telephone ringing. A series of events come up and he becomes more and more suspicious, and eventually he is driven to complete madness.

The Man Has a Horse

Title: The Man Has a Horse

Director: Mohammadreza Fartoussi
Country/City: Iran/Khorramshahr
Time: 12’
Category: Fiction
Format: VHS
Screenplay: Mohammadreza Fartoussi
Cinematographer: Adel Rezapour
Editor: Mohammadreza Fartoussi
Sound: Mohammadreza Fartoussi
Score: Mohammadreza Fartoussi
Producer: Mohammadreza Fartoussi
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: An Arab boy student has difficulty communicating with teachers due to inability to talk Persian, so he has to leave school.

The Sky is its Home

Title: The Sky is its Home
Director: Sadegh Rassouli

Country/City: Iran/Boushehr
Time: 7’ 35”
Category: Fiction
Format: VHS
Screenplay: Sadegh Rassouli
Cinematographer: Loghman Ghassemi
Editor: Sadegh Rassouli
Sound: Sadegh Rassouli
Score: Akbar Ebrahimi
Producer: IYCS (Boushehr)
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: A boy hunts pigeons.

The Suitcase

Title: The Suitcase
Director: Amirahmad Ansarimahabadi

Country/City: Iran/Tehran
Time: 9’ 57”
Category: Fiction
Format: VHS
Screenplay: Amirahmad Ansarimahabadi
Cinematographer: Seyedmehdi Safavi
Editor: Behzad Nalbandi
Sound: Hassan Mohammadi
Score: Behzad Nalbandi
Producer: Amirahmad Ansarimahabadi
Date of Production: 2003

Synopsis: A young man having problems with his father must send a suitcase for him to Tehran. He meets a girl who has completed her study and now is returning to her home in Tehran. The girl loves him. The young man decides to go to Tehran, and…

White Papers

Title: White Papers
Director: Amirhossein Kiani
Country/City: Iran/Isfahan

Time: 13’ 18”
Category: Fiction
Format: VHS
Screenplay: Amirhossein Kiani
Cinematographer:
Editor: Amirhossein Kiani
Sound:
Score:
Producer: Amirhossein Kiani
Date of Production: 2002

Synopsis: After imprisoning himself at home for a week, a man decides to dispose of all his papers, writings, books and booklets into the river. Downstream a woman is washing clothes, and she takes the whitened papers carried by water.