Short Film News (SFN)- Three Iranian short films are to take part in the competition section of Show Me Shorts Film Festival in New Zealand.

"Forbidden to See Us Scream in Tehran" directed by Farbod Ardebili, "Lover and The sea" written and directed by Ali Moazen and “Solar Eclipse” by Iranian directors Raha Amirfazli and Alireza Qasemi are to take part in the event.

Show Me Shorts is Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading international short film festival.

This year’s program includes more world premieres than ever before. A record of 14 brand new films from New Zealand and around the world are included in this year’s line-up, whose filmmakers have chosen New Zealand’s biggest little film festival as the first outing for their masterpieces. From over 1600 entries from across the globe, the Show Me Shorts selection panel has curated a spectacular program of 75 of the world’s best short films including three music videos.

COVID-permitting, the Festival will be launched Friday 1 October at Auckland’s Rialto Cinemas Newmarket. Christchurch’s Opening Night at Alice will follow on Thursday 7, and Wellington’s Opening Night takes place at The Embassy on Friday 8 October.

While Show Me Shorts is first and foremost an in-cinema experience, with the ability to go ahead in Alert Level 2.0 (with restrictions on numbers in the cinemas), this year there are also three online programs – an online Sampler, an online kids’ and family program, and a boundary-pushing Weird and Wonderful online package and will be screening online via Shift 72, a New Zealand based platform.