The event was attended by Zahra Behruz Azhar, Vice President for Women and Family Affairs. Behrouz Shoaibi, Chairman of the Iranian Youth Film Association. Film director Hamid Jeberi. Director of photography Seifola Samadian. and Mehdi Ashna, president of the Theater House Photographers Association.
In the international category, Argentina’s Juan Zabal won the award for Best AI Film and a $500 cash prize for “The Valley.”
Claudia Munksgaard-Palmqvist won the award for Best Experimental Film for “A Visualization of a Cut,” and Iran’s Mohammad Talahomi won $1,500 in the Emerging Horizons category for “Whispering Rocks.”
Armenian director Natalia Mirzoyan’s “Winter in March” won best animation, Azerbaijan’s Igor Smolla’s “My Name Is Oil” won best documentary, and China’s Keran Abkassim’s “Baozhda” won best fiction film.
In the national category, “Goodbye Trash,” directed by Baharam & Bahaman Arc, won the Best Director Award and the Audience Award. Mohsen Asdegpour’s “Life for All” was named Best Picture.
Other winners include Samad Ghorbanzadeh’s Ag Bash for Best Adapted Film, Mirali Hosseini-Asli’s Without Him for Best Animated Film in 2002, and Abbas Shakuri’s Anda for Best Experimental Film in 2002. -Ground Notes”, Best Documentary Award goes to Hanif Qasem Alizadeh and Amir Pajilofteh’s “Roubaloo”, and Best Documentary Award goes to Hanif Qasem Alizadeh and Amir Pajilofteh’s “Roubaloo”. Sajjad Moshtag won the Best National Film Award.
The festival’s grand prize and $2,000 went to Chilean director Martin Seeger’s The Cannon, which is currently up for an Academy Award.
Organized annually by the Iranian Youth Film Society (IYCS), a leading institution for film and short film production, TISFF is officially recognized by the Academy Awards, with grand prize winners receiving Oscar consideration.
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