Works produced by members of Barfak studio have so far
been successful in National and International festivals and have won many awards.
In the Shadow of the Cypress
80th Venice International Film Festival- Orizzonti short film competition (World Premiere)
+25 awards, +100 selections including 25 Oscar qualifying film festivals so far
80th Venice International Film Festival (World premiere)
Annecy International Animation festival
22nd Tribeca Film Festival (Best Animation & Oscar Qualified)
19th Animayo Animation Festival (Grand Jury Award + Best 2D award & Oscar Qualified)
28th LA short film festival (Best Animation & Oscar Qualified)
Spark Animation 2024 (Best in Show & Oscar Qualified)
72nd Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF)
46th Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival
39th Guadalajara international film festival
31st Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film
39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival
20th HollyShorts Film Festival
47th Drama International Film Festival (Best Animation)
28th Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival
25th River Run International Film Festival
40th Cartoon Club (Cartoon Club Award)
12th Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology (Silver award for Best 2D animation & Best score)
21st In the Palace international short film festival
13th Chilemonos International Animation Festival (Jury Special Mention)
13th Bengaluru International film festival (1st runner up award)
25th Festival Internazionale Corti da Sogni Antonio Ricci (Best Animation)
13th Tehran International Animation Festival (Best Animation, Best Character design, Best Animators & International Honorary Diploma)
18th Ismailia International doc & short film Festival (Best Animation)
22nd Minsk International Film Festival, Listapad (Best Animation)
24th Lanzarote IFF (FICL) (Audience Award)
33rd Mediawave Int'l Film & Music Gathering (Special Prize)
16th Marateale Basilicata International Award (Best film & RAI CINEMA CHANNEL AWARD)
24th Calgary International Film Festival
38th Edmonton International Film Festival
19th ANIMEST Bucharest International Animation Film Festival
31st Etiuda & Anima International Film Festival
Animation Is Film Festival 2024 (as the Best of Annecy program)
42nd Sulmona International Film Festival (Best Animated Short)
21st Bend Film Festival
25th Woodstock Film Festival
41st Tehran International Short Film Festival (Best National Animation & Best International Animation)
33rd Mediawave Int'l Film & Music Gathering (Special Prize)
33rd Mediawave Int'l Film & Music Gathering (Special Prize)
10th Manchester Animation Festival
18th Sorsi Corti International Short film festival (Best Animation)
Run Rostam Run
42nd Annecy International Animation Festival, 11-16 June 2018, France.
33rd Warsaw Film Festival 13-22 October 2017, Poland. Official selection, Short film competition, International Premiere
20th Iran Cinema Celebration, 1 Sep 2018, Iran. Award: Best Animation
22nd Rhode Island International Film Festival, 7-12 Aug 2018, USA.
31st International Film Festival for Children and Youth, 30 Aug- 5 Sep 2018, Isfahan, Iran (International Competition) Award: Best International Animation
46th Curtas Fest International Film & Comic Festival of Vilagarcia de Arousa, Galicia, Spain, 19-28 Oct 2018
10th Tehran International Animation Festival, 5-9 March 2017, Iran (International Competition). Award: Best Animation (Animator)
31st International Film Festival for Children and Youth, 30 Aug- 5 Sep 2018, Isfahan, Iran (International Competition) Award: Best International Animation
35th Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran, 9-13 Nov 2018 (International Competition) Best Animation (Audience choice)
16th Tirana International Film Festival, 2-9 Nov, Tirana, Albani
48th Roshd International Film Festival, Iran, 17-23 Nov 2018 (International Competition)
22nd SICAF- Seoul International Animated Film Festival, 23-26 Aug 2018, Seoul, South Korea
19th International Izmir Short Film Festival, Izmir, Turkey, 30 Oct – 4 Nov 2018
22nd SICAF- Seoul International Animated Film Festival, 23-26 Aug 2018, Seoul, South Korea
38th Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, 4-20 April, United States
Copper Coast International Film Festival, 22-24 Jan 2018, Wales, United Kingdom. Nominated for Best Animation
13th Athens Animfest, 15 -17 March 2018 Athens, Greece
5th International Film Festival of Short Film on Tourism & Culture, 26-28 March 2018, Mumbai, India
10th Rofife Short Film Festival, 22-24 March 2018, Turkey. Award: Mention Award
9th Cinemì Cinemà International Short Film Festival, 23-24 March 2018, Italy.
6th International Changing Perspectives Short Film Festival, 10-15 April 2018, Turkey.
10th Rofife Short Film Festival, 22-24 March 2018, Turkey. Award: Mention Award
2nd Wular Lake International Short Film Festival, 26-28 April 2018, India. Award: Best Animation Film
12th New Horizon International Youth Festival of short films and animation, 22-28 April 2018, Voronzeh, Russia
Cinema Perpetuum Mobile ISFF, Minsk, Belarus, 28 April - 1 May 2018, Award: Special Award
9th Golden Kuker Animation Festival, 7-13 May 2018, Bulgaria.
7th Prokuplje Film Festival ProFiFest, 16-20 May 2018, Serbia.
12th River Film Festival, 15-30 June 2018, Padova, Italy
16th Cinema da mare Travelling Campus, 4 Jun – 8 Sep, Rome-Venice, Italy
3rd Drunken Film Festival, 14-21 July 2018, Bradford, United Kingdom
6th Fer Film International Film Festival, Kosovo, 2- 6 Sep 2018
5th Out of Bonds Independent film festival, Apulia, Italy, 23 Aug 2018
2nd Palm Springs Animation Festival, 22-26 Aug 2018, USA
9th Anibar Animation Festival, 13-19 Aug 2018, Peja, Kosovo
La Guarimba Film Festival, 7-11 Aug 2018, Italy
13th Linoleumfest Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine, 6-9 Sep 2018
7th Persian Film Festival, Sydney, Australia, 30 Aug – 16 Sep 2018
Catania Film Festival, Italy, 14-16 Sep 2018
8th Ars Independent Film Festival, Katowice, Poland, 25 -30 Sep 2018
16th ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival Münster, Berlin, Germany 27- 30 Sept 2018
11th Iranian Film Festival, San Francisco, USA, 23 -24 Sep 2018
8th Ars Independent Film Festival, Katowice, Poland, 25 -30 Sep 2018
7th Persian Film Festival, Sydney, Australia, 30 Aug – 16 Sep 2018
11th AnimaSyros International Animation Festival + Agora, Greece, 26-30 Sep 2018
14th Anim Arte International Animation Festival of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 20-27 Sep 2018
4th BIT BANG International Animation Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina 4-6 Oct 2018
3rd Kalmthout international short film festival, Kalmthout, Belgium, 6 October 2018. Award: Best Animation
3rd ANNY: Animation Nights New York, 6-7 Oct 2018, Semi-Finalist
11th Île Courts International Short Film Festival of Mauritius, 9-12 Oct 2018
7th Visioni Corte International Film Festival, Italy, 15- 20 Oct 2018. Award: Best Short Animation
12th Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Films Festival, Turkey, 20-27 Oct 2018. Award: 3rd place for best animation
10th Cut out Fest International Animation and Digital Art Festival, Mexico, 1-4 Nov 2018
Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival, 2- 8 Nov 2018, NewYork, United States
5th International Uşak Winged Seahorse Short Film Festival, 10-14 Dec 2018, Turkey
15th Kinofilm Manchester International Short Film and Animation Festival 24 Nov – 2 Dec 2018, Manchester, United Kingdom.
10th Iranian Animation Celebration, 24 Nov 2018, Iran. Award: the plaque of appreciation for Best Directing
3rd Festival Internacional de Cine con Medios Alternativos FICMA, 21-21 Nov 2018, Mexico
2nd Asia Peace Film Festival (APFF), 12-13 Dec 2018, Pakistan
16th MAAC-24FPS INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION AWARDS, 17 Dec, India
1st Inshort Film Festival, 20-22 Dec 2018, Nigeria
13th Festival of Alternative Film / Video, 22-23 Dec 2018, Montenegro
3rd Nukhufest, NY, United States. 29 Dec
16th Frames Film Festival, 10-12 Jan 2019, India
2nd Kingstoon Animation Festival, 25-27 Jan 2019, Jamaica 4th VOID International Animation Film Festival, 24 Jan- Feb 2019, Denmark
20th Kontrast Film Festival, 8-10 March, Bayreuth, Germany
19th Independent Days International Film Festival, 3-7 April, Germany
20th Crossroads Film Festival, 11-13 April, Mississipi, United States
7th Constantine’s Gold Coin Animation Festival, 22-26 July 2019, Serbia
Beetle The Little
The 7th Tehran International animation Festival, Tehran, IRAN, March 2011, Award: Honorary Diploma
The 29th Tehran International Film Festival, Tehran, IRAN, October 2012, Award: Best Animator & Nominated for Best Animation
The 7th VARESH International Film Festival, Mazandaran, IRAN January 2012, Award: Second Place for Best Animation
The Fan
The 28th International Children Film Festival, Isfahan, IRAN 3-6 October 2014, Award: Best Animation (Best Animator)
The 44th ROSHD International Film Festival, Tehran, IRAN 14-21 November 2014, Award: 2 Honorary Diploma
23rd Anima Mundi International Animation Festival, Rio de Janeiro/Sao paulo, Brazil, 10-22 July 2015
The 9th Tehran International animation Festival, Tehran, IRAN, 8-12 March 2015, Award: Best Director (Student Category)
The 4th Khorshid Short Film Festival, Tehran, IRAN 13-15 January 2015, Award: Best Animation
The 9th Ruyesh Short Film Festival, Tehran, IRAN, 24-27 Feb 2015, Award: Best Script
The 8th VARESH International Film Festival, Mazandaran , IRAN 19-22 January 2015, Award: Honorary Diploma
The 31th Tehran International Film Festival, Tehran, IRAN 14-19 October 2014
The 4th International Parvin Etesami Film Festival, Tehran, IRAN 20-24 October 2014
The 5th International Urban Film Festival, Tehran, IRAN, 24 May-2 June 2015
The 11st International Student Animation Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil , 21-31 October 2014, Award: Best Environmental Animation
Libelula International animation Festival, Barcelona, Spain 21-23 November 2014
Maryland International Kids Film Fest, India, 17 Jan 2015
Bay Area International Children's Film Festival, CA, USA January 2015
10th Athens International Animation Festival, Athens , Greece, 26 March - 1 April 2015
VAFI 6th International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival, Varaždin, Croatia 21-26 April 2015
Eastern Breeze International film festival, Toronto, Canada, 8-10 May 2015, Award: Best Animation
CMS, International Children's Film Festival(ICFF), Lucknow, India 7-15 April 2015
1st Iranian Female Independent Filmmakers Festival (IFIF), Biel/Basel/Bern, Switzerland , 8-14 May 2015
CTLPDX International environmental Film Festival, Portland, USA, Award: Runner Up
Imaginaria The World Festival of Animated Film, Italy, 31 July 2016
ZEBRA animation friendly festival, Slovenia, January 2018
5th Green Image Film Festival , Tokyo, Japan, March 2018
Festival du film d’animation de Savigny, Savigny, Switzerland, 30 June 2018
Red Line
The 29th Tehran International Film Festival, Tehran, IRAN, October 2012, Award: Best Animator & Nominated for Best Animation