Tehran International Short Film Festival
Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) is a film festival held in Tehran every year in October with a focus on short films.
The festival was founded in 1983. From 2020 it is a qualifying festival for the Academy Awards and  winner of the Grand Prix becomes eligible for the Oscar® consideration.
== History ==
TISFF started as a special section in the Fajr International Film Festival entitled 8mm and 16mm films” in the years 1979 to 1982.
== 39th Edition ==
The 39th Edition of TISFF will be held between 19 and 24 October in Tehran, Iran.
== Awards ==
=== 37th Tehran International Short Film Festival (Jan 2021) ===
National Competition:Best Fiction: Winged White Horse, by Mahyar Mandegar
Best Experimental Film: Adapt, by Kamal Kachouian
Best Documentary: Khoonyar Children, by Arman Gholipour Dashtaki
Best Animation: Red Fire, by Mona Abdullah Shahi
International Competition:Best Fiction: Da Yie, by Anthony Nti
Best Experimental Film: No Award
Best Documentary: Kak Iraj, by Jamshid Farajvand
Best Animation: Candela, by Marc Riba and Anna Solanas
=== 36th Tehran International Short Film Festival (Nov 2019) ===
National Competition:Best Fiction: Aziz, by Seyyed Mehdi Musavi Barzoki
Best Experimental Film: When A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers after 154 years would get tired, by Shahriar Hanife
Best Documentary: Where the wind blows, by Mina Mashhadi Mahdi
Best Animation: Tangle, by Maliheh Gholamzadeh
International Competition:Best Fiction: Super Comfort, by Kirsikka Saari
Best Experimental Film: Places, by Claudia Barral Magaz
Best Documentary: Histories of Wolves, by Agnes Meng
Best Animation: Untravel, by Nikola Majdak Jr. and Ana Nedeljkovic
=== 28th Tehran International Short Film Festival (Nov 2011) ===
National Competition:Best Fiction: Bitter Milk, by Nasser Zamiri
Best Experimental Film: Delete, by Kazem Mollaie
Best Documentary: Charkh Nan, by Hossein Nazari
Best Animation: Kimiagar, by Mehdi Khorramyan
International Competition:Best Fiction: Barbakan, by Bartlomiej Zmuda and Bitter Milk, by Nasser Zamiri
Best Experimental Film: Planet Z, by Momoko Seto
Best Documentary: I'm Going to Disneyland', by Antoine Blandin
Best Animation: El Niño Miguel, by Nacho Martín
Audience Award: Delete, by Kazem Mollaie
=== 26th Tehran International Short Film Festival (Nov 2009) ===
National Competition:Best Fiction: Tamame Vasaele Shakhsie Man Jabeja Shode, by Houman Seyyedi
Best Experimental Film: Minus, by Kazem Mollaie
Best Documentary: Morghe Sahar, by Mehdi Bagheri
Best Animation: Gorgo Mish, by Mohammad Ali Soleymanzadeh
International Competition:Best Fiction: The Last Regal King Size, by Simon Hipkins
Best Experimental Film: Minus, by Kazem Mollaie
Best Documentary: What's your name, by Georges Salameh
Best Animation: Face, by Frank Kako

== External links ==
Official Website