TEHRAN (IBNA) - The 34th Tehran International Short Film Festival will opens today as Iran’s Book House Institute (IBHI) has contributed to this event in the section "Book and Cinema”.
According to IBNA correspondent, many experts believe that Tehran International Short Film Festival is the major short film event in the Middle East which is held by the Iranian Youth Cinema Society. This year the secretary of the festival is Sayyed Sadeq Mousavi.
Over 5859 films from 117 countries were submitted to the festival and finally 110 films from 44 different countries will compete in the international section of the event along with 9 Iranian films.
The members of the jury panel in this section are: Estonian director Peter Murdmaa, Polish filmmaker Andrej Bednarek, documentary film producer from Lebanon Abir Hashem, Yuk Mui Chang from Hong Kong, as well as Mahdi Karampur from Iran.