Call For submissions

 

 

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2023

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Dammi

Director: Yann Demange , Duration time:16' - France – 202​3

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KEEP

Director: Lewis Rose - 2023 - France / UK , Duration time:21'

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LEMON TREE

Director: Rachel Walden - 2023 - USA , Duration time: 17

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Nada De Todo Esto

Director: Patricio Martínez and Francisco Cantón - 2023 - ARGENTINA / SPAIN / USA , Duration time: 17'

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FÁR

Director: Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter - 2023 - Iceland , Duration time: 5'

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TITS

Director: Eivind Landsvik - 2023 - Norway, Duration time:12’

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Auxiliaire (Caregiver) 

Director:  Lucas Bacle - 2022 - France, Duration time: 24'

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FAIRPLAY - Zoel Aeschbacher - Switzerland- France Duration time: 15' – 2022

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SAME OLD

 Director:  Llyod Lee Choi - 2022 - USA/Canada , Duration time: 15

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SCALE

Director:   Joseph Pierce - 2022 - France / UK / Belgium , Czech Republic  , Duration time:15'

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2022

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- Divorce, director: Alberto Rivas - 8’- Spain

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Children of May, director: Dani Solaguren Ruiz -19:00 - Spain 

 

- Under the Blade, director: Javid Farahani -15:00 -IRAN​​​

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- Inhospitable, director: Melissa Bolanos Carabali - 07:00 – Colombia

 

 - The Soil, director: Amir Hossein Basir - 21:05 – IRAN

 

- Tides, director: Thais Helena Leite - 16:00 – Spain

 

- Ad 1202, director: Tomislav Gregl -19:00-Spain

 

- The Grandmother, director: Maria Del Carmen -18:00 -Spain

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- Ebony, Cedar and Mahogany, director: Nora Seilicovich -10:00 -Argentina

 

- Children of the Sun, director: Quincy Davis - 05:00 - USA

 

- Our Own Ceylon, director: Sergio Luis Garcia -14:34- Sri Lanka

 

- Salem, director: Sophie Beaulieu- 15:00 - France

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- Free Flow, director: Sam Mir Hosseini- 29:00 – France

 

- The Road to Success - Director: Fernando G. Pliego - 16:00 - Spain

 

- The Song of Crazy Ralph, director: Alfonso Desentre - 07:00 - Spain

 

- Just because you didn't Film me, director: Astrid Askberge - 05:00 - Sweden

 

 - Degradation, director: Carlos Trindade - 02:00- Portugal

 

- Shooting Stars, director: Karina Valencia Gonzalez - 05:45 – Mexico(Animation)

 

- A Travers, director: Marine Herve - 20:00 - France

 

- The Passion of Alexander, director: Rikki Beadle Blair - 04:58 - UK

 

- Homecoming, director: Selena Pizarro Gomes - 29:00 - Spain

 

- The Art and The Way, director: Tatiany Furuse - 15:00 - Brazil 

 

 - The Road, director: Henry Dasca Bravo (Los Glosters team)- 02:24 - Spain​

 

- "The Lens", director: Aashit Chatterjee - 05:00- India

 

​- "Tina" (La Cuarta Victima), director: Aleix Masferrer López - 16:00 – Spain

 

- Memories in three colors, director: Argenis Herrera Sanches -13:00 -Chile

 

- Flashbulb memories, director: Carlos Alberto – Matos Trindade - 03:00 – Portugal

 

​- “Fox & Penguin” Catharina Hamerle & Dave Lojek -13:00 -Germany

 

​"The Traveller (El viajero)"

Director: Gustavo Duc - 28:00 - Argentina

 

 Gemelos (Twins)

 Director; Javier Medina - 07:00 -Spain

 

" An untitled Christmas story (Cento de Navidad sin tituli) "

 Director: Mauricio Franco Tosso - 11:00 - Spain

 

Director: Quincy Davis:

Rebel Wise - Make it Through (Music Video) - 03:48 – USA

Rebel Wise - Make it Through (Documentary Short)- 03:48 – USA

  Lyla June - North Star feat. (Music Video) - 04:48- USA​

  Rebel Wise - Jewels (Music Video) - 08: 20 - USA

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Atavistic (Atávico), director: Raul GUÍU LAPLAZA - 04:00 - Spain

 

Paper Carpenter (Carpinteria de Papal}, director: Renata Bueno and Daniel Medina -13:00 - Portugal

 

The escape of the century (Levison du siècle)-, director: Jacques Micke - 14:00 - France

 

 "Espresso Yourself", director: Raza Mallal - 06:57 - UK

 

“SOLARI”​, director: Sergio Luis Garcia Locatelli - 07:00 – Peru

 

 Bread of life (Pan de Vida) - 07:00 - Spain

 

The right vintage, director: Trace Winter- 04:00- United States

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2021

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 2021 (Online streaming)

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"About Her"

Premiere 2021 - January​

Director: Rabab Mrhege

Duration: 16'

Fantasy Drama

 Syria

Best Fiction Film​

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"ElephantBird" (Filmnorgh) ​

Director: Masoud Soheili

Duration: 15'

2019 - January

Dark Comedy Drama from Afghanistan & Iran

Best Drama​​

 

"t3mp0" 

Premiere​

Director: Marcio Riscado

 Duration: 8 ' 

2020 - Drama from Brazil

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"Deliverence" ​

Director: Denis Klein

 Duration: 9 '  

2021 Dance - Belgium

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" The Forgotten" (منسيون - نسخة قصيرة) 

Premier

Director: TAREQ BADDAR

 Duration: 28' 

Documentary – Bangladesh

The Sahar International Short Film Online Festival

8th Edition 2021

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​ "Between the Shores (Zwischen den Ufern)"​

Director: Benjamin Lehmann - Duration: 28'- Drama  from Germany

 

"Distant Light" ​

Premiere 2021, director: Victor Luiz Riona, Duration: 4' - Drama - Spain

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"The Drawning Goat" ​, director: Sebastian Johansson Micki

 Duration: 27'  - 2020 - Sci-Fi Drama - ​Sweden

Best Fiction Film

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 "It's better there" , Premiere - Director: Hasanain Alhani, Duration: 11' ​- 2020 Animation - Iraq

 

"A House in the Country" (UNA CASA EN EL CAMPO) ​, Premiere 

Director: Victor Cuadrado - Duration: 15' ​- 2019 Fiction Drama - Spain

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 "Palace" ,  Premiere - Director: Prince Car, Matthieu Ponchel​

 Duration: 14' ​- 2019 Fiction Drama - France

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 "Pizza - Black" , Director:: Fco Javier Medina Gonzalez 

 Duration: 15 - 2020 Drama - Spain 

 

"Abril" , Premiere - Director: Aleix Masferrer López

 Duration: 05' , 2020 Drama - Spain

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 "Gracias" (Thanks) , director: Fco Javier Medina Gonzalez 

 Duration: 3' - 2020 ​Fiction - Spain

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 "Mother Reflio" , director: Alex Masferrer Lopez

 Duration : 11 ' - 2019 Fiction Spain

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"Recuerdos" (Memories),  Director: Fco Javier Medina Gonzalez

 Duration: 3' - 2020 Family- Spain

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7_MINUTES , director: CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER

 Duration : 08' - 2020- Crime -​Brazil

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"Great Emptiness" - Director: Emre Dotter​

 Duration: 8 , 2020'  Turkey

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"Stench " (Hedor) , director: Santiago Roger Gaddy

 Duration : 11' - 2019 Fiction- Argentina 

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"And then? All the opposite"(Et Apres? Tout l'invers) 

Director: Samuel Bester- Duration: 5 '- 2020 Experimental - France

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"The Puppeteer" ​, Premiere, director: Ruben Henges Bach

 Duration : 18' , ​2020 Animation - Children from Spain

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 "Emillia" , director: Cristina Guillen

 Duration : 16':26''- 2020 Fiction - Spain​

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"Mobius" ​, director: Francisco Hervada Martín

Duration :02'- 2020 Narrative - Spain

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 "Today" Aujourd'hui, director: Francis Chillet

 Duration: 20' - 2020 Drama LGBT - France

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"Clouds...Clouds",  Premiere, director: Carlos Alberto Matos Trindade- Duration : 1'' - 2018 Abstract -Portuga

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"Fines", director: ÁNGEL SANTISTEBAN AZORÍN

 Duration: 8': 55'', 2020 surmystery -Spain

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 "Pig's Rock & Roll ", director:  Cleiton Cafeu 

 Duration : 4' - 2020 Animation, Children - Btazil

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Prayer to the Earth( Oraco a Terra), director: Cleton Cafeu

 Duration: 04 minutes- 2019 Animation - Brazil

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​​ "Boon" , director: Rajat Talukdar - Duration: 4' - 2019 Fiction , Children - India

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"Eva's Comet" , director: Jd Shapiro Alfonso Alfolin, Duration: 22': 17'', Fiction – Italy​

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 "The Son of The Sun" ​

Director: Saeed Fatemi​, Duration: 13' : 54'' - Biopic 2020 - UK

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"The Divine Visions of Hildegard von Bingen" ​

Director: Paul Vernon - Duration: 10' : 44'' ​- 2019 -Experimental from UK

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"Hate Dance" ​

Director: Beverley Callow - Duration: 15' - Women- Racism  Australia

 

 "Bars" ​

Director: Waleed Zedaney - Duration: 3 ', 02'' - 2020  from Palestine - Israel

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"Decoys" 

Premiere​ , director: Jack Davies & Audrey Thevenin - Duration: 2 '- 2020 Narrative - UK

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"Vacation" ​

Writer/Director: Jack Davies - Duration: 4:01 -2020 - Sci-Fi Drama - UK

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 "What's Left" ​

Director: Jack Davies and Massimo Amici - Duration: 1.29'' - 2020 Sci-Fi Drama - UK

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"Happy As Larry" 

Director: Ava Shacklady -  Duration : 16':26'' - 2020 Animation, Children - UK

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​​​​    2020-

    2019  

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• Synchronize

Director: Atena Mahmoudi

– IRAN

Audience: + 18

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• Hegmataneh  

Director: Ali Zarekar

– IRAN

Audience: + 15

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• “2 to 4 WATCH “

Director:  Ali Zarekar  

- RAN

Audience: + 18

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• “Layers”

Director: Ankana Pal

– India

Audience: +15

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• “Stop it”

Director: Sanaz Safaei

– Germany

Audience: + 18

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• “Stop it”

Director: Sanaz Safaei

– Germany

Audience: + 18

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• “MY FRIENDS”

Director: Richard Wan Kum Wah

- Singapore 

Audience: All ages particularly for Children

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​​“That is the way to show the world”

Director: Richard Wan Kum Wah

- Singapore 

Audience: All ages particularly for Children

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• “Café, Irani Chai”

Director: Prof. Mansoor Showghi Yezdi

– India

Audience: +15

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• Darjeeling – A Celebration of Solitude

Director: Amartya Bhattacharyya​

– India

Audience: All ages

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• “Life in Lockdown”

Director: Eshan Harash

- India

Audience: All ages

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​​“Jayadrath Vadh”  (The day he died)

Director: Abhijeet Sarthi

- India

Audience: + 15

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• “ Rishtey “

Director:  Mahesh Kapoor

- India

Audience: + 12

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​​“Father of your Son” (AMA KA NG ANAK MO)  

Director: Romm Burlat

- Philippine

Audience: + 18

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• Attention Grabbing (AGAW PANSIN)

Director: Romm Burlat

- Philippine

Audience: + 18

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• Twist Of Fate (BALIKUKO) – Philippine

Director: Romm Burlat

– Philippine

Audience: + 18

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​​​​​​​    2018

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On Saturday Third of November​

Edition FIVE of The Sahar international

Short Film Festival 2018

At the Millgate Art Centre , Manchester United Kingdom

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* International Category

       

 CAVE (FHUKPA)

Director: Pasang Dawa Sherpa, Duration time:14'

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​​​CONFORT TV 

Director:  Ivan Valencia, Duration time:10'

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DREAM OF THE LAKE

Director:  Arnau Olive Valls, Duration time: 30'

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     (SUEÑO EN EL LAGO) 

Kampung Tapir

Director:  Awse wee, Duration time: 8'

          

Semantics

Director: Aroop Dwivedi, Duration time: 4'

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​Joint Critic Award to:  Farida

Director:  Mohamed Zouaoui, Duration time:  15'

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 Winner:  The Beetle at The End of The Streer (El Escarabajo  Al Final De La Calle ) 

Director:  Joan  Vives Lozano, Duration time: 19'

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 *​ Contemporary Iranian Cinema

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The road will never end

Director:  Atena Mahmodi 2017, Duration time: 34

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​​​​​​​THE CALLING FOR FATHER

Director: HAMIDREZA MAZRAEH KHATIRI 2017, Duration time:  23'

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   TEN PAST ELEVEN

Director: AMIR HOSSEIN BASSIR  2017, Duration time: 9'

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The Black , director:  Hamideh Moeinfar

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Hands and Shoulders , director:  Ali Asghar Ahmadi Moghadam

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Strike , director:  Ardavan Tarakameh

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Oracle , director:  Seyed Mohsen Pourmohseni Shakib - Animation

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Play Ground , director:  Hossein Tabatabayee

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Competition Category:

* Premier

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"Lava Beds", director:  Filomena Rusciano - Experimental

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“Transitions”, director:  Ana Barroso - Experimental

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"All I know", director:  Quincy Davis - Music Video

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"When The Drama Ends", director:  Quincy Davis - Music Video

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* “HE'S MINE”, director:  Daniel Daigle - Drama

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*“Birds With Human Heads”, director:  Max Wilde - Experimental

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"Then I Found out": Producer, director:  Ladan Dorandish & Persian Media

Production - Animation

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​“Ugly but good” , director:  Jordan Wong  - Experimental

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 "Love & Zambies" , director:  Alexander Manilov  - Drama

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" Bamboo Lavada" , director:  Bidit Roy - Documentary 

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* Sahar Audience  Award to:  Scar

Director: AMIR HOSSEIN BASSIR  2018, Duration time:  5'

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* Sahar Critic  Award to:  ZIBA

Director:  HAMIDEH MOEINFAR 2017, Duration time:  7'

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Thank you for participation with us.

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All screening fees for Iranian films paid to MAHAK charitable organization in IRAN: https://mahak-charity.org/main/index.php/en)

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On Saturday 25th of November

The Edition FOUR of the Sahar International

Short Film Festival 2017

At the Millgate Art Centre , Manchester United Kingdom

   2017

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International Category

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* Premiere : 

Altrove (Elsewhere), director: Alessandro Sala

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​- Anthar Vimarsha, director: Jayanth Kumar 

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- Fighting for the wild, director: Desislava Kadra

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* International 

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- Another empty space, director: Davi De Oliveira Pinheiro

 

- For dog  Md Ariful Islam

- Imagine, director: Abishak Anand

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- Joint  Audience Award: Bus Story

 Director: Jorge Yudice ruiz - Tomas

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​- Joint Panel of Judges Award :

 Identity , director:  Juan Carlevaris

Rattling fan , director:  Pasang Dava Sherpa

 

- Semiotics, director: Aroop Dwivedi

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Joint Audience Award:

 

The Drunkard's walk, director: Pol Armengol

 

- Today's Dream, director: Kaushik Mandal 

 

- Walking on water, director: Abraham Jacob

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- Working late, director: David Gilbank

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​* Contemporary Iranian Cinema

- Demon Akvan , director: Milad daemi-Soraya khodagholizade

- Foot Steps, director: Noushin Meraji

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Sahar Critic  Award:

 From Hasakah With Love , director:  Mohammad Farahani

- Happy Birthday, director: Meysam Hassaanzadeh

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Sahar Audience  Award :

The Servant, director:  Farnoosh Abadi 

- Boat Raising Sails, director: Shermin Mojtahedzadeh

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Thank you to the Filmmakers especially  whom did not access to pay pal to pay screening fees to us, instead they paid equivalents of £5 to The Women Charitable Organization in Their own country.

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A short Clip about Earthquake in Kurdistan 

Director & Photographer : Sahar Ansari

 Poetry :  Mandana Ansari

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​* Special Programme:

Poetry Night featuring Mandana Ansari Poetry

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- Dance , director:  Claddagh Irish adult dancers in Manchester

- Presentation Award

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 On Saturday 24th of June 2017  

The Eedition THREE of The Sahar International

Short Film Festival

At the Millgate Art Centre , Manchester United Kingdom

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* Tribute to Abbas Kiarostami

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* International Category:

- Artemis, director: Header D. Freeman

 

- A Silent Scream", director: David Viscota

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- Cactus, director: Catherine Philips

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- Curry Fish Head, director:  Srinivas Bhakta

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- Dark Dreamer, director: Max Poinschowski

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- For One,Director: Mathieu Rivolier

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- Hoblio, director: Piero Tonin

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- "I am Sorry" , director:  Teodor Kuhn​​​​​​​​​​​