Tehran International Short Film Festival

Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) is a film festival held in Tehran every year in October with a focus on short films.

The festival was founded in 1983. From 2020 it is a qualifying festival for the Academy Awards® (Oscars) and winner of the Grand Prix becomes eligible for the Oscar® consideration.

History
TISFF started as a special section in the Fajr International Film Festival entitled "8mm and 16mm films” in the years 1979 to 1982.

39th Edition
The 39th Edition of TISFF will be held between 19 and 24 October in Tehran, Iran.

Awards
=== 37th Tehran International Short Film Festival (Jan 2021) === National Competition:


 * Best Fiction: Winged White Horse, by Mahyar Mandegar
 * Best Experimental Film: Adapt, by Kamal Kachouian
 * Best Documentary: Khoonyar Children, by Arman Gholipour Dashtaki
 * Best Animation: Red Fire, by Mona Abdullah Shahi

International Competition:
 * Best Fiction: Da Yie, by Anthony Nti
 * Best Experimental Film:
 * Best Documentary: Kak Iraj, by Jamshid Farajvand
 * Best Animation: Candela, by Marc Riba and Anna Solanas

=== 36th Tehran International Short Film Festival (Nov 2019) === National Competition:

International Competition:
 * Best Fiction: Aziz, by Seyyed Mehdi Musavi Barzoki
 * Best Experimental Film: When A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers after 154 years would get tired, by Shahriar Hanife
 * Best Documentary: Where the wind blows, by Mina Mashhadi Mahdi
 * Best Animation: Tangle, by Maliheh Gholamzadeh
 * Best Fiction: Super Comfort, by Kirsikka Saari
 * Best Experimental Film: Places, by Claudia Barral Magaz
 * Best Documentary: Histories of Wolves, by Agnes Meng
 * Best Animation: Untravel, by Nikola Majdak Jr. and Ana Nedeljkovic

=== 28th Tehran International Short Film Festival (Nov 2011) === National Competition:

International Competition:
 * Best Fiction: Bitter Milk, by Nasser Zamiri
 * Best Experimental Film: Delete, by Kazem Mollaie
 * Best Documentary: Charkh Nan, by Hossein Nazari
 * Best Animation: Kimiagar, by Mehdi Khorramyan
 * Best Fiction: Barbakan, by Bartlomiej Zmuda and Bitter Milk, by Nasser Zamiri
 * Best Experimental Film: Planet Z, by Momoko Seto
 * Best Documentary: I'm Going to Disneyland', by Antoine Blandin''
 * Best Animation: El Niño Miguel, by Nacho Martín
 * Audience Award: Delete, by Kazem Mollaie

26th Tehran International Short Film Festival (Nov 2009)
National Competition:

International Competition:
 * Best Fiction: Tamame Vasaele Shakhsie Man Jabeja Shode, by Houman Seyyedi
 * Best Experimental Film: Minus, by Kazem Mollaie
 * Best Documentary: Morghe Sahar, by Mehdi Bagheri
 * Best Animation: Gorgo Mish, by Mohammad Ali Soleymanzadeh
 * Best Fiction: The Last Regal King Size, by Simon Hipkins
 * Best Experimental Film: Minus, by Kazem Mollaie
 * Best Documentary: What's your name, by Georges Salameh
 * Best Animation: Face, by Frank Kako