Festival Secretariat:Finalists Announced for Third Sobh International Media Festival

The Secretariat of the Sobh International Media Festival has announced the finalists for its third edition.
According to the Public Relations office of the Third Sobh International Media Festival, the Secretariat has officially announced the final nominees of this edition. Based on the report, the nominees are categorized into two major sections: Palestine-themed works and Main competition, covering various formats such as illustration, TV programs on Palestine, news blogging, short films, short animations, documentaries on Palestine, and music video. The main section includes talk shows, magazine shows, general documentary, news reports, radio programs and podcasts, motion graphics, social media videocasts, social media blogs, social media animations, and articles. Below is a detailed list of nominees:

Palestine Section:

Palestine TV Programs:
• “Women of Resistance” by Sakinah Datoo (UK)
• “Palestine Time” by Hossein Ghassemi (Iran)
• “Palestine Declassified” by David Miller (Press TV, UK)
• “A Window to Palestine” by Beatrice Michel (Chile)
• “Epic Reader” by Seyed Ahmad Mousavi (Iran)

News Bloggers:
• Du’a Ruqa (Palestine)
• Shadia Bani Shams (Palestine)
• Hassan Al-Zaanin (Palestine)
• Abdul Qader Al-Sabah (Palestine)
• Wadie Abu Al-Saud (Palestine)

Short Films:
• “Before the Eyes” by Sajjad Entezari (Iran)
• “Painting” by Ali Abedini (Iran)
• “Until Morning” by Elham Hadinejad (Iran)
• “Half Answers” by Robin Jose (Canada)
• “My Cane” by Ahmad Tariq Hammad (Palestine)

Short Animation:
• “Ceasefire” by Grace Higgins (Australia)
• “Tales of the Olive Tree” by Kaveh Sistani (Iran)
• “Children of Barzagh” by Ahmed Khattab (UAE)

Palestine Documentaries:
• “Life Under Fire” by Youssef Natil (Palestine)
• “Gaza: A Stolen Childhood” by Momen Hassan (Qatar)
• “Dr. Taner” by Mostafa Shoqi (Iran)
• “Nahit” by Ehsan Shadmani (Iran)
• “Who’s Still Alive?” by Walid Naji (Egypt)

Music Videos:
• “Palestinians” by By Hossam Abu Dan
• “World in Palestine Time ” by Ehsan Gholam-Nejad (Iran)
• “Root Registration” by Al-Alam Syria

Main Competition:

Talk Shows:
• “Studio No. 9” by Al-Alam Syria
• “Unscripted” by Kaveh Taghvaei (Press TV, Iran)
• “Square” by Mohammad Samsami (Iran)
• “Eight Percent” by Channel 1 (Iran)
• “Mirrors and Shadows” by Al-Alam Syria
• “Sobh” by Atefeh Darbandi (Press TV, Iran)

Magazine Shows:
• “Pause” by Younes Mohammadi (Channel 1, Iran)
• “Jirtdan Adventures” by Elham Ebrahimi (Sahar Azari, Iran)
• “Monoblock” by Javier Sleiman (Hispan TV, Argentina)
• “Iran Today” by Mehdi Arab (Press TV, Iran)
• “Now Jahan (New World)” by Hamidreza Ghafari (Channel 1)

Documentaries:
• “A Father, a Son and Sankara” by Andreas Landeck (France)
• ” Legacy of the Wind ” by Nasim Soheili (Iran)
• “Kabul’s Apples Are Sweet” by Letitia Zwickert (USA/Afghanistan)
• “The Headman Mücahit” by Ersen Cira (Turkey)
• “The Wind Blows” by Laia Beles (Spain)

News Reports:
• “Voice of Life” by Kazem Dehghani Ashkezari (Yazd Broadcasting, Iran)
• “Drone Carrier Report” by Gissoo Misha Ahmadi (Press TV, Iran)
• “Report on Gaza Displaced Returning” by Mohammad Al-Balbisi (Al-Alam, Iran)
• “Northern Irish Nationalists Demand End to British Occupation” by Jerome Hughes (Press TV, Iran)
• “Two Universities in Gaza Reduced to Rubble” by Abubakr Abed (Press TV, Iran)

Radio Programs & Podcasts:
• “Voice of Freedom” by Abdolreza Ostodan (Iran)
• “War, Love, Photography” by Maryam Sepehrad (Radio Goftogo, Iran)
• “Standing in the Rubble” by Bahram Nouri (Radio Gilan, Iran)
• “Nurturing for Life” by Hamed Hosseinian (Radio Sahar, Iran)
• Land of Painting – Radio Mahabad – Shahram Mikaeili

Motion Graphics:
• “USA: Israel’s Primary Supporter in Its Genocidal War” by Adel Abbasi (Hispan TV, Iran)
• “365 Days of Genocide in Gaza” by Fahimeh Esmaeilpour (Hispan TV, Iran)
• “Documentary: The End of Forgery” by IRIB’s Basij (Iran)
• “Melody Transfer” by iFilm Network (Iran)

Social Media Video Casts:
• “vpol” by Hossein Asef (Lebanon)
• “What If One Corporation Had Nearly Unimaginable Power?” by Eevil, Sabeel Zaiter (France)
• “Sanctions Are Working” by Ahmed Saaduddin (USA)

Social Media Blogs:
• “Returning Home” by Sarbaz Rouhollah Razavi (India)

Social Media Animations:
• “Historic Turn” by Milad Mohammadi (Iran)
• “The Brass Bowl” by Hossein Habibi Asl (Iran)

Articles:

Feature:
• “Long read: 333 days of Gaza genocide and 333 reasons why mastermind is US” by Humaira Ahad (India)

Investigative Report:
• “Leaked Documents Expose US Interference Projects in Iran” by Keith Klarenberg (UK)

Opinion Piece:
• “Gaza on the Verge of Disappearing from the Map” by Diego Sacra (Venezuela)

The 3rd Sobh International Media Festival, May 3-8, underway at the International Conference Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). For more information, visit the festival’s official website at sobhfestival.com.