PARIS (Dispatches) - Iranian short ‘Birthday Night’ directed by Omid Shams has won a ticket to this year’s 40th Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival.
‘Birthday Night’ which is written and directed by Omid Shams tells the story of two friends and business partners, Ahmad and Ali, who face unexpected challenges on their birthday night.
Omid Shams, known for ‘The Passage’, has won several awards and nominations for his films from Miami Short Film Festival, Ohio Independent Film Festival and Tehran International Short Film Festival. ‘Birthday Night’ has received the best short film award from Tehran International Short Film Festival.
The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival is the biggest international film festival dedicated to short films. It is held annually in Clermont-Ferrand, France, and is the second largest film festival in France after Cannes, in terms of audience and professional attendance, boasting over 160,000 attendees and 3,500 professionals annually.
The 40th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival is slated for 2-10 February, 2018.
Meanwhile, Iranian successful short 'Retouch', which has already won different awards at international film festivals, lost the opportunity to take part in 2018 Academy Awards original list.
‘Retouch’ directed by Iranian director Kaveh Mazaheri, who has already been awarded titles at prestigious competitions Tribeca, Krakow and Palm Springs, recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is not going to represent Iran in the 2018 Oscar contest.
‘Retouch’ latest achievement was winning the best film prize (Special mention prize in international competition WHOLE WIDE WORLD) at Zuberoffka International Short Film Festival in Poland, which was held on December 6-10, 2017.
‘Retouch’ tells the tragic story of a young woman whose husband dies before her eyes. Farnoush Samadi’s second short film is about a woman who has witnesses a crime on the bus on her way back home. The film tells her struggle over whether to reveal the crime or keep it a secret. It is co-written by Samadi and Ali Asgari