“Zemestan Ast” (It Is Winter) Wins Best Experimental Film at ACTION ON FILM

The short film “Zemestan Ast” (It Is Winter), directed by Sepideh Mirhosseini, has won the Best Experimental Short Film award in the Iranian Cinema section of the twelfth edition of the ACTION ON FILM International Festival in the United States.
The film, distributed and presented by the Independent Short Film Support Base, has to date received awards including: Best Film on the Theme of Respect for Humanity at the Fifth Independent Khorshid Film Festival, as well as Best Film, Best Direction, Best Editing, and Best Makeup at the Second Edition of the Sahar Festival in Manchester, England.
The film portrays the cold, distant relationships within a three-person family, as the son tries to sacrifice himself in an attempt to save them. Following its appearances at the Independent Khorshid Film Festival, the Kimiai Free Workshop Festival, the Image of the Year Celebration, the SHORT FILM CORNER at the Cannes Film Festival in France, the Sahar Festival in Manchester, England, the KINOLUB Festival in Poland, and the ELCHE Festival in Spain, it has now — on its fifth international outing — won the Best Experimental Short Film award in the Iranian Cinema section of the ACTION ON FILM Festival in the United States.
It is worth noting that the ACTION ON FILM Festival is held with the goal of fostering meaningful and productive professional connections between filmmakers and various sectors of the film industry on a global scale, and under the festival’s rules, only works that contain absolutely no political agenda or negative portrayal of Iran are eligible to participate.