White Paper (film)

White Paper is a 2010 Iranian animated short film about LGBT rights and homophobia, directed by Seyed Mohsen Pourmohseni Shakib. It is director's debut short animation.

Premise
In a monochromatic world, 6 colored children are isolated and driven out by their families for being different. Grouping together the young outcasts become a community and change their world from a bleak and persecuted world to a bright, colorful and tolerant one that accepts people of all colors.

Festivals & TV
Festivals

2010


 * Student National Film Festival - Iran

2011


 * FiLUMS - International LUMS Film Festival - Pakistan
 * Out Film Festival - USA
 * Frameline: San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival - USA
 * Seoul International Youth Film Festival - South Korea
 * Pikes Peak Lavender Film Festival - USA
 * Eau Queer Film Festival - USA
 * Sacramento International LGBT Film Festival - USA
 * South Texas Underground LGBT Film Festival - USA
 * Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival - USA
 * Roshd International Film Festival - Iran
 * Reeling: Chicago International LGBT Film Festival - USA
 * Soore National Short Film Festival - Iran
 * Mix Brasil Film Festival - Brasil

2012


 * Reelout Queer Film + Video Festival - Canada
 * Zinegoak International Film Festival - Spain
 * Sekanse Bidari National Film Festival - Iran
 * Diversity in Animation Festival - Brasil
 * Pink Apple Film Festival - Switzerland
 * London Lesbian Film Festival - Canada
 * Out Twin Cities Film Festival - USA
 * Kashish-Mumbai International Queer Film Festival - India
 * Campfire Film Festival - Australia
 * The Xposed International Queer Film Festival - Germany
 * Louisville LGBT Film Festival - USA
 * North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival - USA
 * Hamburg International Queer Film Festival - Germany

2013


 * Out in the Desert: Tucson's International LGBT Film Festival - USA
 * Malmo Queer Film Festival - Sweden
 * Torino LGBT Film Festival - Italy
 * Queer Film Festival - Identities Vienna - Asturia
 * Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara - Mexico
 * 48,40 Frames - Kurzfilmfestival - Austria
 * Festival Internacional de Cine, Arte y Cultura - Paraguay

2015


 * CSM International Children's Film Festival - India

TV
 * 2010 - December - IRIB 4 - Iran
 * 2011 - July - Itzon TV - Online
 * 2011 - November - Shoma TV - Iran

Project
 * 2014 - 2 March - Art For Freedom's secretprojectrevolution by Madonna

Awards

 * 2011 – Emerging Filmmaker Award: South Texas Underground LGBT Film Festival

Credits

 * Producer: Seyed Mohsen Pourmohseni Shakib
 * Screenwriter: Seyed Mohsen Pourmohseni Shakib
 * Designer: Mojtaba Gheybie
 * Animator: Seyed Ali Sayah
 * Sound: Hamidreza Yasouri
 * Edit: Seyed Mohsen Pourmohseni Shakib