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ABOUT US
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When the Filmmakers were in some countries which did not have access to pay pal, The Sahar International Short Film Festival management team ask them to pay (it depends on the duration of their films) equivalent of £10 or £5 ... to a woman's charitable organization in their own country.
Charitable activity
2022: Ukrainian peace humanitarian charity in Manchester
2018: Mahak
2017: The woman's charitable organization
2016: Mahak
2015 : SISFF TEAM is proud to dedicate profit from SISFF 2015 to
NGO LAND OF SUN
SISFF 2018
Sahar International Short Film Festival is an independent and self financed Festival, organized by Cyrus The Great Production Ltd.
Mandana Ansari, Sahar Ansari and Martin Gleeson are Creators of the Festival.
The income of the organization is entirely from the personal resources of this Family.
Mandana is freelance digital filmmaker (Film Director, writer and producer) Cyrus the great production ltd Company and President of this Festival.
Sahar Ansari is Mandana's daughter. She is creative director and Iranian President of this festival.
Sahar is a professional Artist in Iranian Cinema TV and Film industry. She worked for a decade with Mohsen Darsanj Nominated for several awards as Make up Artist. Their latest Cinematic Feature film is "Astigmat" which screened in 2018 in many cinemas across IRAN.
Martin Gleeson is an engineer and senior organiser of Sahar international short film festival. These family members run the Sahar International Short Film Festival.
Press:
Chronicle:
https://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/142/community-news/122804/free-film-festival-returns-to-oldham
Online Saddleworth Independent Monthly Newspaper:
https://saddind.co.uk/sahar-festival-returns-to-oldham-with-films-from-around-the-world/
http://saddind.co.uk/international-short-film-festival-returns-to-delph-for-third-year/
http://saddind.co.uk/sahar-international-short-film-festival-returns-to-delph-for-second-year/
http://www.movie-blogger.com/international-short-film-festival-returns-delph-third-year/
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The Jury Panel
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Sahar International Short Film Festival Jury Panel
Emie Belmore
Editor In Chief at LOCAL COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
Aimee Belmore
Aimee Belmore Editor in Chief of the Saddleworth Independent, Stalybridge Correspondent, Mossley Correspondent, Shaw and Crompton Correspondent, Royton Correspondent I graduated from the University of York with a BA in English Literature in 2012. This covered a plethora of literature forms and genres, including film and television, and delved deep into cultural, society and political meanings within the texts.
Emie Belmore
Editor In Chief at LOCAL COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
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Christine Whitehead
Ghost story writer, she is living in North west of England in Manchester.
Christine Whitehead
Ghost story writer, she is living in North west of England in Manchester.
Marta Renzi
Marta Renzi : She has created more than 20 short films which have been screened in more than 100 festivals both nationally and internationally, and is a seven-time recipient of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. As a choreographer, Renzi took every opportunity to present work with her Project Co. outdoors for free in venues such as Central Park Summerstage and Jacob’s Pillow’s Inside/Out. For more information: http://martarenzi.blogspot.com
Christine Whitehead
Ghost story writer, she is living in North west of England in Manchester.
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Mandana Ansari
Mandana Ansari She is digital Filmmaker, writer, poet, Photographer, Editor, Actress ... Her background is Theatre, Film, photography and journalism. She created Cyrus the great production ltd in 2012 and Sahar international short film festival works on this production.
Aroop Dwivedi
Aroop Dwivedi He is a Masters of Art from Kanpur University, India. He is passionate about visual storytelling and has been a part of Indian animation industry for the past 19 years; he has over a period of last several years mentored many award winning student animation shorts. His own animation short AAi aka a Mother(2014) have won several international and domestic film awards and has been critically acclaimed in India. He specialises in Classical animation and Pre production. He has also bee
Marta Renzi
Marta Renzi : She has created more than 20 short films which have been screened in more than 100 festivals both nationally and internationally, and is a seven-time recipient of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. As a choreographer, Renzi took every opportunity to present work with her Project Co. outdoors for free in venues such as Central Park Summerstage and Jacob’s Pillow’s Inside/Out. For more information: http://martarenzi.blogspot.com
Mandana Ansari
Mandana Ansari She is digital Filmmaker, writer, poet, Photographer, Editor, Actress ... Her background is Theatre, Film, photography and journalism. She created Cyrus the great production ltd in 2012 and Sahar international short film festival works on this production.
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Mehdi Yarmohammadi
Mehdi Yarmohammadi; Filmmaker; Founder and manager of Khorshid Film Festival
Aroop Dwivedi
Aroop Dwivedi He is a Masters of Art from Kanpur University, India. He is passionate about visual storytelling and has been a part of Indian animation industry for the past 19 years; he has over a period of last several years mentored many award winning student animation shorts. His own animation short AAi aka a Mother(2014) have won several international and domestic film awards and has been critically acclaimed in India. He specialises in Classical animation and Pre production. He has also bee
Marta Renzi
Marta Renzi : She has created more than 20 short films which have been screened in more than 100 festivals both nationally and internationally, and is a seven-time recipient of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. As a choreographer, Renzi took every opportunity to present work with her Project Co. outdoors for free in venues such as Central Park Summerstage and Jacob’s Pillow’s Inside/Out. For more information: http://martarenzi.blogspot.com
Mehdi Yarmohammadi
Mehdi Yarmohammadi; Filmmaker; Founder and manager of Khorshid Film Festival
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William Ash
William Ash professional Film Television and Cinema Actor.
William Ash
Professional Film and cinema Actor
Marta Renzi
Marta Renzi : She has created more than 20 short films which have been screened in more than 100 festivals both nationally and internationally, and is a seven-time recipient of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. As a choreographer, Renzi took every opportunity to present work with her Project Co. outdoors for free in venues such as Central Park Summerstage and Jacob’s Pillow’s Inside/Out. For more information: http://martarenzi.blogspot.com
William Ash
William Ash professional Film Television and Cinema Actor.
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Bijan Tehrani
A film director, film critic, and writer work as founder and Editor in Chief of Cinema Without Borders while teaching Language & History of film workshops and organizes film screening events and festivals. Bijan has won several awards at international film festivals and book fairs for his short films and children’s books and is in the process of publishing a few new children books and directing two documentary films. He is based in America.
Julie Gleeson
Julie is Animation specialist.. She worked for many years on animated film industry including the pioneering film called "Roger & Rabbit. Julie is now manager of Art gallery in rural cumbria.
Julie Gleeson
Julie is Animation specialist.. She worked for many years on animated film industry including the pioneering film called "Roger & Rabbit. Julie is now manager of Art gallery in rural cumbria.
Aidan Jolly
Aidan Jolly is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and music maker. He has just finished a UK tour with Virtual Migrants’, which looked at the connections between climate change, migration and austerity In 2013, with several others, he set up the Threepenny Festival Association, which celebrates the works of Brecht, Eisler and Weill, and creates ‘drama and music for hard times’ He is a composer and musical director for site specific and participatory pro
Julie Gleeson
Julie is Animation specialist.. She worked for many years on animated film industry including the pioneering film called "Roger & Rabbit. Julie is now manager of Art gallery in rural cumbria.
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Billy Cowan
Art and Theater Lecturer, Professional playwright. He lives and work in Britain.
Aroop Dwivedi
Aroop Dwivedi He is a Masters of Art from Kanpur University, India. He is passionate about visual storytelling and has been a part of Indian animation industry for the past 19 years; he has over a period of last several years mentored many award winning student animation shorts. His own animation short AAi aka a Mother(2014) have won several international and domestic film awards and has been critically acclaimed in India. He specialises in Classical animation and Pre production. He has also bee
Marta Renzi
Marta Renzi : She has created more than 20 short films which have been screened in more than 100 festivals both nationally and internationally, and is a seven-time recipient of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. As a choreographer, Renzi took every opportunity to present work with her Project Co. outdoors for free in venues such as Central Park Summerstage and Jacob’s Pillow’s Inside/Out. For more information: http://martarenzi.blogspot.com
Billy Cowan
Art and Theater Lecturer, Professional playwright. He lives and work in Britain.
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Setareh Soheili
Film and Theatre Actress for over 20 years. Setareh was born in IRAN and now she lives in Germany
Aroop Dwivedi
Aroop Dwivedi He is a Masters of Art from Kanpur University, India. He is passionate about visual storytelling and has been a part of Indian animation industry for the past 19 years; he has over a period of last several years mentored many award winning student animation shorts. His own animation short AAi aka a Mother(2014) have won several international and domestic film awards and has been critically acclaimed in India. He specialises in Classical animation and Pre production. He has also bee
Marta Renzi
Marta Renzi : She has created more than 20 short films which have been screened in more than 100 festivals both nationally and internationally, and is a seven-time recipient of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. As a choreographer, Renzi took every opportunity to present work with her Project Co. outdoors for free in venues such as Central Park Summerstage and Jacob’s Pillow’s Inside/Out. For more information: http://martarenzi.blogspot.com
Setareh Soheili
Film and Theatre Actress for over 20 years. Setareh was born in IRAN and now she lives in Germany
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Sahar in The First Year press
By Saddleworth Independent
Your online version of the award-winning newspaper
Sahar International Short Film Festival, Delph, 21st February 2015
First ever Sahar short film festival delights audiences in Delph
The first ever Sahar International Short Film Festival delighted audiences with films from freelancers around the world at the Millgate Arts Centre in Delph last month.
The festival offered around 60 films in all genres from filmmakers from Europe, Asia, America and Africa throughout the day.
Non-competition films thrilled viewers while the audience voted at the end of the day for their Best Films.
The winners were Hunger Strike by Saddleworth filmmaker and Festival Director Mandana Ansari, The Right to Remain Silent by London-based David Hennessy and Life Inbetween by Jones Levenson of the USA.
The awards were presented by award-winning Manchester writer Billy Cowan, who interviewed the successful directors on the stage at Millgate Arts Centre.
Hunger Strike is a 3-minute drama based on the true story of Iranian Green movement human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh.
The Right to Remain Silent is a 10-minute drama which David Hennessy told the audience is based on an original script by him inspired by a book he read which explores the effect on relationships caused by a prison sentence.
Life Inbetween is a drama featuring a philosophical discussion between an elderly woman and a young intruder to her house.
Festival director Mandana Ansari said: “The Festival provided a platform for filmmakers working professionally, but with small budgets, to have their work screened.
“The award winners were selected from 16 films which had not been screened at other festivals. Outside of competition, another 45 films were shown during the day.”
Mandana explained the date of the festival was chosen to coincide with International Mother Language Day as she believes cinema is a strong universal form of communication.
She added: “Short films deserve more attention in their own right and to be taken more seriously by the film industry and audiences.”
For further information please email saharfilmfestival@gmail.com or telephone 07722351152
http://saddind.co.uk/sahar-short-film-festival-delights-in-delph/
Mehdi Nahavandi
Filmmaker, writer and CEO of Hazar Fanous (A thousand lanterns) Cinema Company
Aroop Dwivedi
Aroop Dwivedi He is a Masters of Art from Kanpur University, India. He is passionate about visual storytelling and has been a part of Indian animation industry for the past 19 years; he has over a period of last several years mentored many award winning student animation shorts. His own animation short AAi aka a Mother(2014) have won several international and domestic film awards and has been critically acclaimed in India. He specialises in Classical animation and Pre production. He has also bee
Marta Renzi
Marta Renzi : She has created more than 20 short films which have been screened in more than 100 festivals both nationally and internationally, and is a seven-time recipient of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. As a choreographer, Renzi took every opportunity to present work with her Project Co. outdoors for free in venues such as Central Park Summerstage and Jacob’s Pillow’s Inside/Out. For more information: http://martarenzi.blogspot.com
Mehdi Nahavandi
Filmmaker, writer and CEO of Hazar Fanous (A thousand lanterns) Cinema Company
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