TEHRAN-Two short films from Iran are participating in the 25th ShorTS International Film Festival, launched in Trieste, Italy, on June 28.

“Penniless Cinema” written and directed by Ali Arefnasab and “Footprint” by Mostafa Alami are the Iranian representatives in the ShorTS Express section of the festival, competing with 21 other short films Mehr reported.

A production of 2023, “Penniless Cinema,” three minutes, is about several villagers who want to go to the city hospital to visit the alderman but some events impede them from getting there.

The two-minute “Footprint” was made in 2023. It depicts a village that is subject to imminent flooding. The army is helping people to escape. There is an old woman who cannot ride in the truck. A soldier tries to help her.

Since 2000, the ShorTS International Film Festival has been a landmark for short films and up-and-coming cinematographers at the international level. In every edition, ShorTS IFF aims to make the short film genre known to a broad and heterogeneous audience, with particular attention to the young with specific sections for children and teenagers aged 6 to 15.

This year’s edition of the festival will conclude on July 6.

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