"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