"The Coal" Short Film at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

The Iranian short film “The Coal,” directed by Saman Lotfian and produced by Seyed Maziar Hashemi, will make its international debut at the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France. This festival is the largest short film event in France and one of the most renowned in the world, second only to the Cannes Film Festival.
“The Coal” was selected out of 9,500 submissions for the festival’s competition section. The film features an ensemble cast including Sajad Afsharian, Nasrollah Radesh, Mehdi Miami and Mahmonir Beitari.
The film’s crew includes:
 

Screenwriter: Saman Lotfian

Editor: Esmaeil Alizadeh

Set and Custome Designer: Hojjat Ashtari

Production Sound Mixer: Saeed Zand

Production Manager: Milad Molazadeh

Music: Mojtaba Saharkhiz 

Sound Designer: Zohre Ali Akbari

Makeup: Masoud Bagheri

First Assistant Director: Mehdi Ganji

Planner: Majid Haghighat

Scene Supervisor: Mohsen Bahari

First Assistant Camera: Hooman Khalili

VFX: Amin Pahlevan Zadeh

Still Photographer: Majid Talebi

Poster Design: Ali Jamshidi

Teaser Design: Hamid Nejfirad