The T-Shirt
Be aware of what you wear!
Director Hossein Martin Fazeli with the production company Forward International and Hey Day Independent shot the short film The T-Shirt in March of 2006.
The film was first screened at the International Festival of Short Films in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Where it was chosen by viewers as one of the 10 best films of the festival. It won first prize at the Can festival in Leicester for best screenplay and straight after that it was awarded the highest award by the jury at the Encounters festival. Up until now the most prestigious success has been at Clermont-Ferrand festival where it was awarded the Youth Jury Award. The jury justified their selection with the following quote:The T-Shirt
"We chose a film that, in our opinion, is representative of the spirit of the short film format, a film which starts with a simple idea and uses an original treatment to eventually lead to a universal meditation on the absurdity of human conflicts."
So far the film has been screened at 100 festivals around the world and it has been awarded a prize at 35 of them. Currently the film is on its way to the France where to the Short Film Festival Sequence Toulouse.
Statement of the director
"Most people associate terrorism with middle-eastern looking men. America is a country of great ethnic and racial mix. Why shouldn't a right-winger, Bushy be a middle-eastern looking man?!".
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Festivals
- 17th Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival (24.08.- 02.09.2006) – Brazil
- Can Leicester International Short Film Festival (27.10.-29.10.2006) – UK
- Festival Europeen du Film de Brest ( 11.11.-19.11.2006) - France
- Cape Town World Cinema Film Festival 2006 (14.11.-21.11.2006) – South Africa
- Encounters Short Film Festival Watershed (21.11.-26.11.2006) – UK
- Festival Internacional de Curtas do Rio de Janeiro - Curta Cinema
- (30.11.-10.12.2006 ) – Brazil
- Clermont - Ferrand Short Film Festival (26.01.-03.02.2007) – France
- Festival REGARD sur le court métrage au Saguenay (07.02.-11.02.2007) – Canada
- FEC Reus Festival Europeu de Curtmetratges (7.3.-10.3.2007) – Spain
- Short Shorts Film Festival (25.06.-31.06.2007) - Japan
- Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (12.07.-21.07.2007) – Korea
- Melbourne International Film Festival (25.07.-12.08.2007) – Australia
- Cine Fiesta 2007 (22.08.-26.08.2007) – Puerto Rico
- 6th International Best of Short Films Festival (06.09.-09.09.2007) – France
Awards
- - 17th Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival
(24.08.-02.09.2006) - Sao Paulo, Brazil
* the film was chosen by the festival audience among TOP TEN films - - CAN 2006 Leicester International Short Film Festival
(27.10.-29.10.2006) - Leicester, United Kingdom
* CAN 2006 Golden Monkey Award for Best Screenplay - - 7the International Izmir Short Film Festival
(03.11.-12.11.2006) – Izmir, Turkey
* Golden Cat Award in the International Fiction Competition - - 14th Festival Chileno Internacional de Cortometrajes de Santiago
(09.11.-15.11.2006) – Santiago de Chile, Chile
* film was awarded Mejor Guión Internacional - - Cape Town World Cinema Festival 2006
(14.11.-21.11.2006) – Cape Town, South Africa
* film was awarded the Best International Short Film Festival - - 14th Alter-Native International Short Film Festival
(08.11.-12.11.2006) – Targu Mures, Romania
* the film was awarded with the Special Mention of the Jury at the Alter-Native 14 Short Film Festival - - L‘Alternativa - Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona
(10.11.-18.11.2006) – Barcelona, Spain
* the film was awarded the Audience Award - - Encounters Short Film Festival Watershed
( 21.11.-26.11.2006) – Bristol, United Kingdom
* the film was awarded International Jury award - - Dakino Film Festival
(20.11.-25.11.2006) – Bucharest, Romania
* the film was awarded the Best Screenplay award - - Kara Film Festival
(1.12.-11.12.2006) – Karachi, Pakistan
* the film was awarded the Best Live Action Short Award - - TIFF 2006 – Tirana International Film Festival
(4.12.- 10.12.2006) – Tirana, Albania
*the film was awarded the Public award
*the film was awarded the Media award - Euroshorts 2006
(11.11.-21.11.2006) – Warszawa, Poland
* the film was awarded with Special Merits From The Jury - - Kun.Kortfilm
(17.1.-21.1.2007) – Frederiksberg, Denmark
* the film was awarded the 3rd price in the Short Film Competition - - Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg
(25.01.- 28.01.2007) – Würzburg, Germany
* the film was awarded the 2nd price in the Short Film Competition - - Clermont - Ferrand Short Film Festival
(26.01.- 03.02.2007) - Clermont – Ferrand, France
* the film was awarded Youth Jury award - - FEC Reus Festival Europeu de Curtmetratges
(7.3.-10.3.2007) – Reus, Spain
*the film was awarded the 2nd price in the Short Video Competition
*the film has awarded Premio Taller Bigas Luna award for Mejor Narración - - Black & White Audiovisual Festival
(19.04.-21.04.2007) – Oporto, Portugal
* the film has been awarded a B&W honourable mention prize - - Afia International Film & Video Festival
( 25.04.-30.04.2007) – Arhus, Denmark
* the film has been awarded a Jury award for storytelling - - 4th Narkolepsy Short Film Festival
(18.05.2007) – Grenoble, France
* the film won the first Public Prize - - 4th International Short Film and Video Festival of Naoussa
( 03.05.-06.05.2007) – Naoussa,Greece
* the film has been awarded the Best Foreign Short Film Award - - Bianco Film Festival 2007
(12.06.-16.06.2007) – Perugia, Italy
* the film was awarded Best Shortfilm
* the film won the Prize of the Public - - Filmfest Emden 2007
(13.06.-20.06.2007) – Emden, German
* the film was awarded „einen Ebenseer Bären in Gold“ - - Melbourne International Film Festival
(25.7.-12.8.2007) – Melbourne, Australia
* the film has been awarded a special citation award for a Short Film Promoting Human Rights - - San Gio' Video Festival
(23.7.-27.7.2007) – Verona, Italy
* the film has been awarded the Best Director award - - Anonimul International Independent Film
(13.08.-19.08.2007) – Bucharest, Romania
* the film has won the Ovidiu Bose Pastina Special Award - - Cine Fiesta 2007
(22.08.-26.08.2007) – Caguas, Puerto Rico
* the film has been awarded the Grand Prize in the International Competition - Con Corto Festival
(23.08.-26.08.2007) – Potenze, Italy
* the film has been awarded the Special Price “Small Budget, Big Results”
* the film has been awarded a Special Mention of Joung Jury - - Silhouette Short Film Festival
(02.9.-09.09.2007) – Paris, France
* the film is awarded Silhouette International Audience Award - - International Almaty Film Festival - Shaken Zhuldyzdary («Shaken’s Stars»)
(15.09.-19.09.2007) –Almaty, Kazakhstan
* the film has been awarded a prize for the "Best Feature Short-length Film" - - Sedicicorto 4th International Film Festival Forli 2007
(01.10.-07.10.2007) – Forli, Italy
* the film has been awarded the Special Mention from the Jury for the Screenplay - - Fano International Film Festival
(22.10.-27.10.2007 ) – Belocchi di Fano, Italy
* the film has won the First Price Absolute in Digital Video - - Motovun Film Festival
(23.07.-27.07.2007) – Zagreb, Croatia
* the film has won the Short Film Copetition award - - Festival Internacional de Cine Independente Ourense
(17.11.- 24.11.2007) – Ourense, Spain
* the film was awarded the Grand Calpurnia Award for Best Short Film - - Castellinaria - Festival Internazionale del Cinema Giovane
(17.11.- 24.11.2007) – Bellinzona, Switzerland
* the film has been awarded with the "Premio Giuria CISA" - 55th Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival
(25.03.- 30.03.2008) – Belgrade, Serbia
* the film has won the Best Short International Film award - SPIFF - Spokane International Film Festival (7.2.-10.2., 14.2.-17.2.2008) – Spokane, USA * the film has won the Best Short International Film award
- KulturPackt für Schweinfurt e.V
(20.03.-21.03.2008) – Scheinfurt, Germany
* the film reached the 2nd place from the audience