Tehran short filmfest names national winners

The Tehran International Short Film Festival has announced winners of this year's National Section in different categories.

The festival was held from November 11 through November 16, screening fiction films, documentaries, experimental films and animations from more than 100 countries.

The festival's Best Film Award went to Mohammad-Reza Farzad's Misplaced, which also won him the event's Honorable Mention.

Kazem Mollayi won the Best Experimental Film award for his Minus and Mohammad-Ali Soleimanzadeh was granted the Best Animation award for his Twilight.

The Best Documentary award went to Bird of the Dawn by Mehdi Baqeri and the Best Fiction Film award was presented to Houman Seyyedi's All My Stuff Has Been Moved.

The festival's Special Jury Award was granted to Mahin Javaherian for her animation < i>It's raining Cats and Dogs.

Winners of other National Section categories are as follows:

Panoramas of Our Beautiful Homeland:

Best Film Award
Zenderoud, Jamal Oskouyi

Rituals of Love:

Best Film Award
Snowy Dreams, Salem Salavati

Best Screenplay Award
We Are On The Way, Aref Namvar

Young Talents:

Best Fiction Film Award:
Roads Have No End Here, Tofiq Amani

Best Documentary Award
Only A Little Light, Seyyed Hamed Nobari

Best Animation Award
Silent City, Amir Mehran