TEHRAN -- Three Iranian films will compete in the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, which will be held in Tokyo in mid May.
“Emergency Exit” directed Mehdi Jafari, “Glimmer” by Omid Abdollahi, and “It Was My City” by Tina Pakravan will be screened in the Asian Competition of the festival.
“Emergency Exit” is about a little boy who escapes the first day of school.
“Glimmer” tells the story of an old optician who is going to close his optometry shop due to his weak eyesight. But there is still a client who has not come to pick up her eyeglasses yet.
“It Was My City” begins in extreme close-up and in one impressive single shot widens to see a wide array of ordinary people living their lives against the backdrop of war.
The films have previously been screened at other national and international events.
The Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia was established in Tokyo’s Harajuku district in 1999 to introduce this new form of moving image to Japan.
In 2004 the festival was officially accredited by the Academy Awards, making the festival Grand Prix winner eligible for nomination in the short film category of the academy.
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