Gaze
A film by: Farnoosh Samadi
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.
Country: Iran, Italy
Length: 14’ 28”
Completion: 08/2017
Genre: fiction
Screening format: DCP, H264, ProRes
Spoken language: Persian
Subtitles: English
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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)
Official Selection - 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 - Il Varco Film Festival, Italy (26 – 27 May, 2018)
Competition - VIS Vienna Shorts, Austria (29 May – 4 June, 2018)
International Competition Fiction & Documentary - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Persian International Film Festival, Australia (30 August – 9 September, 2018)
Competition - 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 - Middle Coast Film Festival, United States (21 – 23 September, 2018)
Official SelectionWon: Best Director - Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco, United States (22 – 23 September, 2018)
Official SelectionWon: 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 - 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 - 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)
- 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
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