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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Tehran Intl. Short Film Festival names winners

The 2009 edition of the Tehran International Short Film Festival has announced its winners during a ceremony held at Tehran's Art Bureau.

Finland's Shadows by Hanna Bergholm and Slovenia's Every Day is Not the Same by Martin Turk won the In Search of Truth Awards of the International Section.

The Best Film award of the ECO Member Section went to Ayan by Kyrgyz filmmaker Sadyk Sher-Niyaz.

The Best Feature Film Award of the International Section was granted to Scotland's Simon Hipkins for The Last Regal King Size, while Norway's Jens Lien was honored for Every Day is a Fish Day.

The Best Documentary Award of the International Section went to Georges Salameh's Maesmak from Italy.

Winners of the festival's national section were Houman Seyyedi, who won the Best Feature Film Award for his All My Paraphernalia is Dislocated and Mahin Javaherian, whose It's Raining Cats and Dogs won her the Jury Special Award.

Organized by the Iranian Young Cinema Society (IYCS), a member of the International Short Film Conference (ISFC), the 2009 TISFF was held from Nov. 11 to 16, screening films from more than 100 countries.

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