Gaze

A film by

Iran/Italy | 15' | 08/2017 | 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.

Square Eyes - Locarno - Laurel
Square Eyes - Afi FEst - Gaze Award 2017
Square Eyes - Locarno - Laurel
Square Eyes - Afi FEst - Gaze Award 2017

Farnoosh Samadi

Biography

Farnoosh Samadi is an Iranian filmmaker who is graduated from Fine Art Academy in Rome. She worked as co-writer in Ali Asgari’s award winning short films. She is also co-writer of a feature film with Ali Asgari which was developed at Cinefondation Residence. The Silence her first short film co-directed by Ali Asgari had its world premiere in competition at Cannes Film Festival 2016. Gaze is her second short film which has its world premiere in competition of Locarno Film Festival 2017.

Filmography

  • The Role – 2018 – short film
  • Gaze – 2017 – short film
  • The Silence – 2016 – short film
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Crew

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

Festivals

  • 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

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