The wait is over.  Congratulations to all of Filmmakers. Today is 20th of November, We are proud to announce the official Selections.  And celebrate the 12th edition of the Sahar International Short Film Festival 2025 together.

From the vast number of submitted films, more than two hundred short films from all across the world with different themes were selected.

Not all films are in the style of art and poetic films. Many of the films that were produced for this year's Sahar Festival are in the crime or horror genres. As we just passed the October and Halloween time, that was understandable. Based on great respect for the filmmakers and their cast and crew, who worked hard to produce their premiere films, they submitted their films to the Sahar Festival on the scheduled date. We appreciated all of the filmmaker's creativity and their participation.

As is usual every year, the premiere films in the competition section will be judged for the best film of the festival. Although the some of the  films produced in 2024 were technically and structurally significantly impressive in the meaning they contained in their stories, we decided to judge each film in its own categories. That is, the premiere films in the premiere competition and the films of 2024 in the international festival. Also, the contemporary Iranian cinema has the guest of three short films from Iran. The names of the selected films will be announced during the festival from December 12 to 20 of this year.

We will stream some of the received trailers during the time of the Festival on the Sahar website and YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGmzUfXB2pB89v4FuRyevrsRIrl_2SgHz

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Presidents and Management Team

Sahar, Mandana Ansari and Martin Gleeson

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   Official Selection Announcement   

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My Beautiful Doll (Aroosak’e Ghashang’e Man), Director: Hesam Dehghani- IRAN 2024

Dot, Director: Mohamad Zare- IRAN 2024

The Third Dream, Director: Mohammad Hossein Nikzad – IRAN 2025

Working Class Action, Director: Mandana Ansari, Premiere Film, Britain

Our Home - Director: Quincy Davis – United States 2025

Behind the Masterpiece (األصلية النسخة), Director: Adli Fendouli – Tunisia 2025

The Blood Connection -Director Name: A R Rayhan – Britain 2025

I Won’t Cry Tomorrow (لن أبكي غدًا), Director Name: Mohamed Mahmoud – Egypt 2024

IN-OUT ( من إلي), Director Name: Yara Sharyan 2024 - Lebanon

The English Lessons (Las Lections de Inglés), Director:  John Petrizzelli – Spain 2024

Leonarda - Director: Maëla Barbier– Spain 2025

Is that clear? (Queda claro?), Director: Juanjo Cordero Sanz – Spain 2025

Shadows on the wall (Sombras En La Pared), Director:  Gema Ganza – Spain 2025

Mr Banana: Dear Alba, Director:  Sergi Falcó - Guillermo M. Marqués – Spain 2024

Identity (Identidad), Director:  Florencia Serruya – Argentina 2024

Mierda Shit, Director: David Fernández Pastor– Spain 2025

Switched Off (Apagada), Director: Guillermo Rojo – Spain 2024

To My Dear Grandpa (A mi Querido Tata), Director: María De Los Ángeles Cárcamo Abarca -  Chile 2025

The giant with feet of clay (El gigante de los pies de barro), Director: Emilio Ortiz – Spain 2025

At the top of the olive tree (a lo alto del olivo) - Director: Sergio Barba – Spain 2025

Adaptation of The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Adaptación de “el misterioso caso de styles)

Director: Oriol Castro Herrero – Spain 2024

Swallowing dry (Goela abaixo) , Director: Mirna Anaquiri - Alexandre Augusto – Brazil 2025

See you tomorrow (Até amanhã), Director: Patricia Silva – Brazil 2025

Valentina Director: Rochelle Silva – Brazil 2024

MAMA DOESN’T TALK TO ME (Mamá No Me Habla), Director: Carlos Prieto Moreno, Spain  2025

Rejection Monster, Director: Maria Luiza Soares -Brazil 2024

The Green Lady (la dama verde), Director: Daniel Camilo- Pineda Aldana - Andrea Viviana Torres Muñoz- Spain – Colombia 2025

Porcelain dolls (Muñecas de porcelana), Director: Antonio José López Gómez -Spain 2025

SNUFFSHORT, Director: Antonio José López Gómez – -Spain 2025

I’VE SOMETHING HERE AND I DUNNO WHAT IT IS...  Director: Antonio Jose Lopez Gomez -Spain 2012

Velvet Skin (Piel de Terciopelo ), Director:  Antonio Jose Lopez Gomez -Spain 2015

Poincaré’s Cry or The Carom of Ngojamroti Village, Director: Sandoval Amparo – Brazil 2024

Don't Wake Up (No te desperate), Director: Hernán Velásquez Villa – Colombia 2024

There are Regressive ones (São as regress), Director: Flávia Vieira, Brazil 2025

Wake Up: Say no to the monster (Desperate: Di No Al Monstrous), Director: Adrián Sebastián Pérez Ortiz -Spain 2025

THE SAD TRUTH (la triste Reali dad), Director:  Adrián Sebastián Pérez Ortiz -Spain 2025

James Baltimore, Director: Pablo Lozano-Spain 2025

Y Rosa, Director: Alberto Alber -Spain 2025

Monday (Lunes), Director:  Cristian Micó Ebro-Spain 2025

 I don’t remember now (No, I accrued a hora), Director: Delia Postigo Castro -Spain 2025

MINCRANIA, Director:  Delia Postigo -Spain 2025

Goal goal goal, Director:  Leire Egaña -Spain 2025

Not another day (Ni un dia més), Director:  Carlos Puig Mundó -Spain 2025

A bullet has your name on it (Unna Bala leva to number) , Director: Galar Eguen -Spain 2025

Bell, Director: Galar Eguen -Spain 2025

Ella, ella, Director: Galar Egüén - Venezuela 2024

Grand Slam , Director: Galar Egüén -Spain 2023

With her hands (Con las Manos De Ella) , Director: Delia Postigo Castro -Spain 2025

We Are Nomads (Somos Nómadas) Director: Isaac González Fernández, Spain 2025

MEXICO CITY VOL. I(ciudad de México volumen I), Director: Ivan Usella - Mexico 2024

Traffic, Director: Maïra Brogniart - France 2024

Punk is Deaf,  Director: Maira Brogniart  - Spain 2023

The 100th 49.3 (le 100ème 49.3), Director: Maira Brogniart - France 2023

Doñana Trades (Officious de Doñana) , Director: Ricardo Gamaza – Spain 2025

The bearers of the Virgin ( Las Portadoras De La Virgen), Director: Ricardo Gamaza, Spain 2025

The last oasis (El Último oasis), Director: Ricardo Gamaza– Spain 2025

Karma. Director: Stéphane Fort– France 2025

OUT OF OVERTURE (Fuera De Overture) Director: Manolo Hernández Vicente García – Spain 2025

The reality of oil in the Amazon (Insustentável: a realidade do petróleo na amazônia), Director: Andrés Borges Fer Ligabue – Brazil 2025

60 years later (60 Anos depose), Director: Flávio Ferreira – Brazil 2025

Empanadillas, Director:  Mª Nieves Mas Serna - Spain 2024

El syndrome de Charles Bonnet, Director:  Mª Nieves Mas Serna - Spain 2025

Aphasia , Director: Álex Marín– Spain 2025

Spooky action at a distance (Explaining action at a distance), Director: Pablo A. Mastro – Spain 2025

Mounir , Director: Javier Rúa Xose Dopazo - Spain 2025

Kamali, Director: Carlos Polo - Spain 2025

ROCK N ROLL, Director: J. Manrique- Spain 2025

The Circle Ceremony (la ceremonial del circular), Director: Marina Badía Magaña - Spain 2025

Silences, Director: Yago Casariego – Spain 2025

The Picture (La photography) Director: Enrique Corrales - Spain 2024

4G Team (Equipo 4g), Director: Sofia Plaza - Spain 2024

I read your future (Ti Lego il future), Director: Enzo Bossio – Italy 2025

TO FAILURE (Al Fallo), Director: Andrez Montoya, Colombia 2025

A Toast (Un brindisi), Director: Paloma  García Martín - Spain 2025

The culprit (La culpable), Director:  María Guerra – Spain 2024

Collectivo Chicanahe, Director: Carlos Soriano Gallastegui - Spain 2025

Silences in a pandemic (Silencios en pandemia), Director: Rosario Gil Izquierdo - Spain 2024

Dead clothes (La mortaja), Director: Rafa Puerto – Spain 2025

BREAK, Director: Juan Carlos Quindós, Liam Darg – Spain 2025

Atalanta, Director: Liam Darg , David Nieto – Spain 2025

The Chicken Hunter , Director: Liam darg, David nieto, Pedro muÑoz - Spain 2025

Around the same time (En las mismas fechas), Director: Jorge  Rio Esteban – Spain 2025

SARA, Director: Fernando Saad – Argentina 2024

La Saeta, Director Name: Patricia Berinald - Spain 2025

Rescue No. 13 (Rescue n°13), Director Name: Mike Ale, Brazil 2025

The Last Outing (El Último Paseo), Director Name: Marcos Iguala Moscardó - Spain 2025

The generation of regeneration (la generation de la regeneration), Director Name: Saúl González Abejón - Spain 2024

Eloísa, Director Name: Andrea Espadas Martin – Spain 2025

Las Flores, Director Name: Del Campo Santo João Victor Montuori – Spain 2025

Marciano García, Director Name: Luis Arrojo- Spain 2025

The Astronomer (El astrónomo), Director Name: Jose Ángel Ruiz Olivares- Spain 2024

BREATHLESS (Sibilancias), Director Name: Alejandro Giorlando – Argentina 2025

The interview with Gabriela Pomi (la entrevista), Director Name: Lucía Loureiro - Spain 2025

The Last Word (La Ultima Palabra), Director Name: Francis Exposito – Spain 2024

DRONISIO – MEMORIES OF A BROKEN TOY (Dronisio – Memorias de un Juguete roto), Director Name: Javier Perea - Spain 2025

loves me, loves me not (Me quiere, no me quiere), Director Name: Geraldine Soloeta Luzuriaga – Spain 2025

Nur Sultan (Nur sultan), Director Name: Xoan Escudero, Kazakhstan, Spain 2025

The Queen of Pop (La reina del pop), Director Name: David Goñi, Spain 2023

Teodoro, Director Name: Esteban Roel, Spain 2025

Dormant (Una Tarde Cualquiera), Director Name: Mario G. Riquelme, Spain 2025

Dani & Billy, Director Name: Egoitz Carpenter, Spain 2025

Mini Fridge (NE Verita), Director Name: Sergio Gonzalez, Colombia 2024

Now and then (De Tanto Usarlo), Director Name: Iván Melguizo, Colombia 2024

Blind to reason (Ensay sober la stupidest) Director Name: Jk Álvarez , Spain 2025

Where is Richard? (Donde Esta Richard?) Director Name: Juan Carlos - Álvarez López, Spain 2025

Cabrales, Director Name: Sergio Morcillo, Spain 2024

The wheel (La Rueda), Director Name: José Carlos , Jiménez Revuelta, Claudia de la Caridad González Catalán, Spain 2025

Rubén, Director Name: Jiménez Pacheco , Spain 2025

In the waves of time (Nas Ondas do Tempo), Director Name: Adrián Porima,  Spain 2025

Countdown (Cuenta Atrás), Director Name: Iván Umpiérrez Cañada , Spain 2025

The interview (Entrevista), Director Name: Cris Mansilla, Chile 2025

Tango Siesta, Director Name: Dinko Bozanic, Croatia 2024

A PENAGACHE, Director Name: Marcos Seijo, Spain 2025

The Explorer, Director Name: Javi Pitarch, Spain 2025

Solomon's clavicle (La clavícula de Salomón), Director Name: Jesus Sotomayor, Spain 2025

#Tocarfondo #Beachfile, Director Name: Carles Bigorra, Spain 2025

The man who killed Terry Gilliam (El hombre que mató a terry Gilliam), Director Name: Joel Munu, Spain 2025

Ü, Director Name: Daniel Pardo, Spain 2025

Peripheral violence, Director Name: Davinia Burgos Narváez, Spain 2023

Apágalo, Director: Carlos Bermejo, Spain 2025

FRAGILE, Director: Tristan Torrents, Spain 2025

TALENTO, Director: Tristan Torrents, Spain 2024

The Last Battle (l’Últim Combat), Director: Joan Paüls Vergés, Spain 2024

Drops of Wisdom (Gotas de Sabiduría), Director: Javier Santamaría, Central African Republic 2025

Killing Hand (Matar l’agulla), Director: Carlos R. Haro, Spain 2025

The Music of Memory (Bajo la Música del Recuerdo), Director: Yamir Ignacio Ibarra Ramos, Chile 2024

The Silence of a Father (El silencio de un Padre), Director: Sofía Isidra Sandoval Venegas, Chile 2024

My Father and the Beach (Meu pai e a Praia), Director: Marcos Alexandre, Brazil 2025

Not enough for the love inside (O amor não cabe na sala), Director:Wallace Nogueira, Marcelo Matos de Oliveira, Brazil 2024

Sonnefeld, Director: Josep Oller, Spain 2025

Sofiane, Director: Fabien Ara, France 2025

 Living Statue Theatre (Teatro de statues Vivianites), Director: Leonardo J. Pons, Spain 2025

THE CASTLE MONSTER (El monstrous del Castillo), Director: Allan J. Arcel, Spain 2025

I woke up thinking that maybe (Me Desierto pens Ando que quiz as encounter), Director: Julia Gómez, Spain 2025

Abora, Director: Javier Cerdá, Spain 2025

Return to Elenore, Director: Jay Jegathesan, Australia 2025

The Slam Dunk (La Gran Esmaixada), Director: Carlos Puig Mundo, Spain  2025

TRADITIO, Director: Nicolás Murillo, Spain 2025

Days and Nights (Roncamora), Director: Mercedes Galan, Spain 2024

The Cabin (La cabane ), Director: Maude Gagnon & Yordanis  Dominguez Baez, Canada 2025 

Let me go (Déjame ir), Director: María Monrea, Spain 2025

The Empress and I (Emperador I Jo), Director: Miquel Horrach Munar, Spain 2025

Más Allá, Director: Ángel Atanasio Rincón, Nicéforo Pascual Molina, Spain 2025

Marked steps (Pasos Mercados), Director: Roberto Navarro Torres, Spain 2025

MONTEVIVE, Director: Roberto Navarro Torres, Spain 2025

Go Home! (A casa!), Director: Luis Eduardo Pérez, Spain 2025

Arbuus (Arbusto), Director: Gabriel Escobar Martín, Spain  2025

The Shadow of the Forest (la sombra del bosque), Director: David Garcia Jamal, Spain 2025

NORMALESS, Director: Javier Celay, Spain 2025

We all know each other (Aqui Nos Conocemos Todos) , Director: Gemma Castell, Spain 2025

The two wells(Els dos Pous (los dos Pozos), Director: Josep Alorda, Spain 2025

The Echo of the Gaze (El Ressò De La Mirada), Director: Carles Bover, Palestine 2025

Scroll, Director: Clàudia Barberà Eloi Sánchez Palau, Spain 2025

Quiero Volver, Director: Sara Brun, Spain 2025

T Benita (A Benita), Director: Esmeralda Bravo, Spain 2025

The love you left me (El Amor Qui Me Dynasties), Director: Vera Benito, Spain 2025

Matryoshka, Director: Sergio Garay, Spain 2025

The game (El Juego), Director: Tote Peñataro, Spain 2025 

Long has been the summer (Largo ha sido el Verano), Director: Roger Simon, Spain 2025

Where We Are Headed (Hacia Donde Vamos), Director: Esteban Roel, Spain 2025

The exchange (Intercambio), Director: Amaia Yoldi, Spain 2024

Scars (Cicatrices), Director: Bea Poey, Spain 2025

Brush Me, Lord! (Péiname!), Director: Renan Brega Borja López, Spain 2025

The Empty Chair (La Silla Vacía) , Director: Adrián Blazquez Hernán-Gómez, Spain 2025

The Little Usita, Director: Carla Sisa, Spain 2025

Good People, Director: Carolina Hernández Correa, Spain 2025

Latxa, Director: Silvia Arozamena, Spain 2025

MAKE UP: Say No To The Monster (Desperate: Di No Al Monstrous), Director: Adrián De La Sierra, Spain 2025

The Trickery (El chanchullo), Director: Pablo Alonso García, Spain 2025

Rust (El colour del Oxide), Director: Germán Gómez Espejo, Spain 2025

Everything is Good (Tutto Bene), Director: Giorgio Bensai, Italy 2025

Project Remi, Director: Jorge Eraso Urriza, Spain 2025

Mosquito, Director: Juan Muñoz De Banco, Spain 2025

A whole detail (Todo Un Detalle), Director: Javi León, Spain 2024

Oranges (Naranjas), Director: Gorka Martín-Curto, Spain 2025

Rainy Season, Director: Jens Nagels, British Indian Ocean Territory, Indonesia, Laos, Thailand 2025

SEPELIO, Director: Nicolás Recover Domingo, Spain 2025

Selenium, Director: Roméo Lefèvre, France 2025

Vinilo, Director: Miguel Ángel Olivares, Spain 2025

The Tradition (La Tradition), Director: Raúl Carcelle Damas, David Torres Pasabados, Spain 2025

Space between us (Si Te Vas), Director: Cristina Asensio & Sara Vivero, Spain 2024

Dancing against the wind (Bailando Contra El Viento), Director: Aitana Ruoss, Spain 2024

Grandpa Victor (El abuelo Victor), Director: Nancho Martínez& Ana Márquez, Spain 2024

No-Show (Plantón), Director: Carlota Bonacasa, Spain 2024

Place under the sun (Loc Sub Soare), Director: Vlad Bolgarin, Moldova 2024

Night of Storm (Noche de Tormenta), Director: Goyo Parreño, Spain 2024

Western Aquia, Director: Ángel Rodríguez Fernández, Spain 2025

The protective elder (El Ancient Protector), Director: Alfredo José Espinal Lacunza, Spain  2024

Morphogenesis, Director: Miguel Marquez Mantrixa, Argentina 2025

BALDS (Calvos), Director: Álvaro Moriano, Spain 2025

Speak Softly (Habla bajo), Director: Benedetta Cuicch, Spain 2024

THE NOTES OF AN ABSENCE (las notas de una ausencia), Director: Benedetta Cuicchi, Spain 2025

POPPIES AMONG BRICKS AND ASPHALT (Amapola’s entre lad Rillos y asphalt), Director: Daen Saez Martinez, Spain 2025

Cloths (Trapos), Director: Lucía Undari, Spain 2025

I Learned to Cry (Aprendi A Chorar), Director: Santiago José Asef, Brazil 2025

Maia, Director: Gisela Martínez Prat, Spain 2025

Planet Hunger (Planeta Fomes), Director: Eider William, Brazil 2025

Viral, Director: Germán Ciria, Spain 2025

Of times and memories (De Tiempo’s y Recuerdo’s) , Director: Jaime Marqués Cordero, Spain 2024

The Project (Проект) , Director: Андрей Крикунов: Andrey Krikunov, Russia 2025

Good Advice, Barbara De La Fuente, Canada 2025

The Unloved (Las DSquared’s), Director: Charlie García Villalba & Gonzalo Ruiz Esteban, Spain 2025

Sabrina, Director: MJ Sousa, Portugal 2025

No, me Olvido, Director: Ricardo López, Spain, 2025

Maitines, Director:  Abel Castro, Spain, 2025

Collective Loneliness (Solidão Coletiva) , Director: Gustavo Campos, Brazil, 2025

The End of the Void (El fin del Vacia), Director:  Joan Darck, Mexico 2025

Smurf kiss (Pottoki pot), Director: Iker Aguirre & Vea-Murguía- Basque Spain 2025

​For it will be no more, Director: David Anthony Sant, Australia, 2025

EDGE, Director: Abel Moreno Pradas, Spain 2025

OXIDE, Álvaro Santos Lorente, Cuba, 2024

Sköll, Director: Rubén Jiménez Pacheco, Spain 2025

To Dig Up a Rosebush (desenterrar un rosal), Director: Bruno Ojeda, Spain 2025

A Cinema Story (São as Regras), Flávia Vieira, Brazil 2025

The Sound From The Chest (o som que o peito tem), Director: Tainá Bevilacqua Pedro Von Krüger, Brazil 2025

Mrs. Irene (Dona irene), Director:  Gustavo Campos, Brazi, 2024

Hopes (آمال Amel), Director: Marwa Chkiwa, Tunisia 2025

​Now and then (De Tanto Usarlo), Director Name: Iván Melguizo, Spain 2024

Sabrina, Director: MJ Sousa, Portugal, 2025​​​​​​​

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