Title: Gaze

Country: Iran and Italy

Year :2017

Runing Time : 15min Fiction

On her way back from work a woman witnesses something happening in the bus and she has to decide if she reveals it or not.

• Director: Farnoosh Samadi
• Screenplay: Ali Asgari, Farnoosh Samadi
• Producer: Three Gardens: Pouria Heidary Oureh
•  Cinematographer: Ashkan Ashkani
• Sound Recording: Davood Gholipour
•  Sound Design: Hossein Ghorchian
•  Editor: Yalda Jebelli
• Composer: Navid Fashami
• Costume & Set Designer: Samaneh Hakimi, Sajad Khodae
• Cast: Marzieh Vafamehr, Amirreza Ranjbaran,Pedram Ansari, Safoura Kazempour, Gholamreza Rahimi, Mehrdad Mohammadi, Kiana Asadi, Mehran Elhamifar, Babak Karimi

Locarno Festival, Switzerland (2 – 12 August, 2017) Padi di Domani

Duhok International Film Festival, Iraq (9 – 16 September)

International Short Film Competition Won: Special Jury Award World Short Film

Busan International Film Festival, Korea (12 – 21 October, 2017)Short Film Showcase

Timishort Film Festival, Romania (12 – 15 October, 2017)International Competition Won: Timishort Trophy For The Best Film

Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran (17 – 22 October, 2017)Short Film Competition

QCinema International Film Festival, Philippines (19 – 28 October, 2017)International Short Film Showcase

Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain (21 – 28 October, 2017)Official Section Won: Golden Spike for Best Short Film

Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden (23 – 29 October, 2017)International Competition Won: Audience Award

AFI Fest, United States (9 – 16 November, 2017) Official Selection Won: Grand Jury Award for Live Action Short

EKADESHMA International Short Film Festival, Nepal (16 – 19 November, 2017)Official Selection

Crossing The Screen, United Kingdom (23 – 26 November, 2017) Competition

Torino Film Festival, Italy (24 November – 2 December, 2017) Official Shorts Selection

International Short Film Festival Leuven, Belgium (2 – 9 December, 2017) European Competition

Arcipelago Film Festival, Italy (4 – 10 December, 2017) Short Film Competition

Laceno D’Oro, Italy (5 – 10 December, 2017) Official Selection

Zubroffka – International Short Film Festival, Poland (6 – 10 December, 2017) World Wide Shorts Competition Special Mention

Iran Film Festival, South-Korea (15 – 17 December, 2017) Official selection

Antarctic Short, Documentary and Animation Film Festival, Antarctic (2017) Official Selection

ÍRÁN:CI – Festival of Iranian Films, Czech Republic (9 – 14 January, 2017) Short Film Competition

Minimalen Short Film Festival, Norway (23 – 28, January 2018) International Competition & Iran Now Won: Audience Award

Wisconsin Iranian Film Festival, United States (17 – 25 February, 2018) Official Selection

Cairo International Women’s Film Festival, Egypt (3 – 9, March 2018) Official Short Film Selection

REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada (14 – 18 March, 2018) Official Competition Special Mention Quebec Critics Aqcc

Glasgow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (14 – 18 March, 2018) International Competition

Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany (14 – 21 March, 2018) International Competition

Landshut Short Film Festival, Germany (14 – 19 March, 2018) Official Competition

Kino Pavasaris – Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania (15 – 29 March, 2018)

Out of competition

Corto Nero, Italy (17 – 18 March, 2018) Noir Short Film Competition Won: Best Editing

Akbank Short Film Festival, Turkey (19 – 29 March, 2018) Out-of-Competition: Perspective

New Directors/New Films, United States (28 March – 8 April, 2018) Official Selection

Cortisonici – International Film Festival, Italy (1 – 8 April, 2018) International Competition Special Mention

Cleveland International Film Festival, United States (4 – 15 April, 2018) Shorts Competition

Florida Film Festival, United States (6 – 15 April, 2018) International Shorts

Internationale Festival Zeichen der Nacht, Germany (7 – 9 April, 2018)   International Competition Special Mention

IFEMA International Female Film Festival Malmö, Sweden (9 – 15 April, 2018) Official Selection

Festival Internazionale Segni Della Notte, Italy (11 – 13 April, 2018) Short Film Competition Won: The Signs Award

Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, the Netherlands (11 – 15 April, 2018) International Competition

Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, United States (12 – 18 April, 2018) Official Selection

International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva, Switzerland (21 – 29 April, 2018) International Competition Won: Award FIFOG D’Argent

Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, Germany (25 – 29 April, 2018) Short Fiction Film Competition

Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium (25 April – 6 May, 2018) International Competition

Montclair Film Festival, United States (26 April – 6 May, 2018) Official Selection

Solar Cinema Malta – Touring Festival, Malta (1 May – 10 October, 2018)  

Cefalù film festival, Italy (1 May – 31 December, 2018) Short Film Competition

Maryland Film Fest, United States (2 – 6 May, 2018) Shorts Selection

Human Rights Arts and Film Festival Melbourne, Australia (4 – 18 May, 2018) Official Selection

Underexposed Film Festival YC, United States (9 – 12 May, 2018) Official Selection

Nashville Film Festival, United States (10 – 19 May, 2018)

Official Selection

Imagineindia – International Film Festival, Spain (17 – 31 May, 2018) Short Film Competition

Pietrasanta Film Festival, Italy (24 – 27 May, 2018) Competition Won: Best Sound Editing

Il Varco Film Festival, Italy (26 – 27 May, 2018) Competition

VIS Vienna Shorts, Austria (29 May – 4 June, 2018)   International Competition Fiction & Documentary

Fabriano Film Fest, Italy (1 – 3 June, 2018)

Official Selection

Internationale Festival Signs of the Night, Thailand (2 – 10 June, 2018) Official Selection Won: Special Mention International Jury

Olhar de Cinema – Curitiba International Film Festival, Brazil (6 – 14 June. 2018) Shorts Competition

Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad, Norway (13 – 17 June, 2018) International Short Film Competition

EDU Shorts, Italy (14 June, 2018) Competition Won: Best Short Film

Art Film Fest, Slovakia (15 – 23 June, 2018)  International Competition of Short Films

Shanghai International Film Festival, China (16 – 25 June, 2018) Short Film Panorama

Capodarco L’altro Festival, Italy (19 – 24 June, 2018) Short Fiction Films

Palm Springs International ShortFest, United States (19 – 25 June, 2018) Official Selection

Capodarco L’altro Festival, Italy (19 – 24 June, 2018) Short Fiction Films

Shorts International Film Festival, Italy (29 June – 7 July)

Maremetraggio Section

Festival Nazionale del Cinema e della Televisione Città di Benevento, Italy (4 July. 2018)

International Competition

Bašta Fest, Serbia (5 – 8 July, 2018) Official Competition

Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal (14 – 22 July, 2018)

International Competition

Cisterna Film Festival, Italy (19 – 22 July, 2018) Competition

Siloe Film Festival, Italy (20 – 22 July, 2018) Competition

Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival, Greece (20 – 26 July, 2018) Official Selection

Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico (20 – 29 July, 2018) Official Selection Special Mention Signis Award

Film Caravan Festival, Italy (25 – 28 July, 2018)

Official Selection

Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo (3 – 11 August, 2018) Retrospective Ali Asgari & Farnoosh Samadi

Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art, Ukraine (6 – 12 August, 2018) International Competition

Inventa Un Film International Film Festival, Italy (7 – 11 August, 2018) Official Competition Won: Best Editing

Still Voices Festival, United States (16 – 19 August, 2018) Official Selection

Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany (16 – 20 August, 2018) Official Selection

Concorto Film Festival, Italy (18 – 25 August, 2018)

Official Competition

Noto International Film Festival, Italy (20 – 23 August, 2018) Competition

Out Of Bounds Film Festival, Italy (23 August, 2018) Official Selection Won: Best Acting

Persian International Film Festival, Australia (30 August – 9 September, 2018)

Competition

Firenze Film Festival, Italy (31 August, 2018) Pancevo Film Festival, Serbia (5 – 9 September, 2018)

Official Selection

Wathann Film Festival, Myanmar (5 – 10 September, 2018) Signs of the Night selection

Bueu International Short Film Festival, Spain (7 – 15 September, 2018) International Section Won: Best Script

MUD Film Awards, Italy (8 September, 2018) Corti in Cortile Festival, Italy (14 – 16 September, 2018) Competition Won: Best Film

Catone Film Festival, Italy (21 – 22 September, 2018) Competition

Middle Coast Film Festival, United States (21 – 23 September, 2018) Official Selection Won: Best Director

Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco, United States (22 – 23 September, 2018) Official Selection Won: Best Actress

Encounters Festival, United Kingdom (25 – 30 September, 2018) Competition

Olhares do Mediterrâneo, Portugal (27 – 30 September, 2018) Official Selection

Reykjavík International Film Festival, Iceland (27 September – 7 October, 2018) International Shorts Competition

Tacoma Film Festival, United States (4 – 11 October, 2018) International Competition

Festival Internationale Signes de Nuit, France (4 – 14 October, 2018) Official Selection

Drunken Film Fest Oakland, United Stated (7 – 12 October, 2018) Official Selection

Bridge of Arts, Russia (10 – 14 October, 2018) Out of competition shorts

Visioni Corte International Short Film Festival, Italy (15 – 20 October, 2018) CortoFiction International Competition

Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, United States (17 – 21 October, 2018) Official Selection Won: Best International Narrative Short Award

Film.Spiele International Short Film Festival, Germany (20 – 21 October, 2018) Official Competition

Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan (19 October – 4 November, 2018) International Short Film Competition

International Izmir Short Film Festival, Turkey (30 October – 4 November, 2018) Official Selection

Pentedattilo Film Festival, Italy (31 October – 4 November, 2018)

Territory in Movement Competition Special Mention

Leeds International Film Festival, United Kingdom (1 – 15 November, 2018) International Short Film Competition

Braunschweig International Film Festival, Germany (5 – 11 November, 2018) Short Film Program

San Diego Asian Film Festival, United States (8 – 17 November, 2018) Official Selection

Zinebi Film Fetival, Spain (9 – 16 November, 2018)

Special: Focus on Iranian Female Filmmaking

ALCINE – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares, Spain (9 – 16 November, 2018)

European Short Film Competition

Reggio Film Festival, Italy (10 – 19 November, 2018)

Official Selection

Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia (11 – 18 November, 2018)

Short Film Competition Won: Golden Pram Award for Best International Short Film

FIKE – Évora International Short-Film Festival, Portugal (12 – 23 November, 2018) International Competition

PRINDIE – Princeton Independent Film Festival, United States (13 – 16 November, 2018) Official Selection

Pittsburgh Shorts film festival, United States (14 – 18 November, 2018) Official Selection

Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema, Brazil (14 – 21 November, 2018)International Competition

KIN Womens International Film Festival, Armenia (15 – 19 November, 2018)Competition Special Mention

Suikerzoet Filmfestival, Netherlands (16 – 18 November, 2018) 

Foggia Film Festival, Italy (18 – 24 November, 2018)Official Selection

Nachalo – International Debut and Student Film Festival, Russia (20 – 23 November, 2018)Official Competition

Cromarty Film Festival, United Kingdom (30 November – 2 December, 2018)Selection by GISFF: International Shorts: Under Pressure

All Lights India International Film Festival, India (1 – 4 December, 2018)International Competition for Short Films

Festival Tous Courts of Aix-en-Provence, France (4 – 8 December, 2018)International Short Film Competition

Eindhoven Film Festival, the Netherlands (6 – 10 December, 2018)Official Selection

JAYU Human Rights Film Festival, Canada (7 – 10 December, 2018)Opening program

Asia Peace Film Festival, India (11 – 13 December, 2018)Competition

London Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (11 – 20 January, 2019)International Competition

Portland International Film Festival, United States (7 – 21 March, 2019)Official Selection

Festival Filministes, Canada (8 – 11 March, 2019)Official Selection

Glasgow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (13 – 17 March, 2019)Out-of-Competition

Cinemagic Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (16 – 23 March, 2019)On the pulse

Annapolis Film Festival, United States (21 – 24 March, 2019)Official Selection

Martovski Film Festival, Serbia (27 – 31 March, 2019)Competition

Iranian Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland (28 March – 3 April, 2019)Competition Special Mention

Córtex Film Festival, Portugal (3 – 10 April, 2019)International Competition

Leiden International Short Film Experience, the Netherlands (9 – 12 May, 2019)Official Selection

Female Themed International Independent Film Festival Bejing, China (17 – 18 August, 2019)

Tirana International Film Festival, Albania (23 – 29 September, 2019)Retrospective

Tetova International Film Festival, Macedonia (7 – 13 October, 2019)Retrospective

Festival Tous Courts, France (3 – 7 December, 2019)Night of Shorts