Land of the Dead Deer | Winter Film Festival

2026 NOMINEE – BEST SHORT FILM

Short Film Competition

Year: 2025

Length: 15 mins

Country: Iran / United States

Language: Farsi

Directed by: Anahita Gharcheh, Souroush Javadzadeh

Produced by: Anahita Gharcheh

Starring: Yoosefali Daryadel, Radmehr Razmjoo, Hossein Shahbazi

SEE THE FILM

Thursday Feb 19, 8:30 PM-11:15 PM – Thursday Night Program 3 – Films from Iran + QA

A boy who hasn’t yet gone to school has a sphere that he uses to see his own dreamy world. One day, he sees a deer through it and follows it into an abandoned school. But he doesn’t know that it’s a graveyard of children’s dreams.

About the Directors

Anahita Qarcheh has an M.A in Theatre Directing from Tehran University of Art. Soroush Javadzadeh has an M.A in Cinema from Soore University,

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Awards

2025 Curtas Festival do Imaxinario (Spain) – Best International Short Film
2025 Džada Film Fest (Montenegro) – Best International Short Film
2025 Fiaticorti Film Festival (Italy) – Best International Short Film
2025 FIC John Lee | Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Villa de Mazo (Spain) – Best International Short Film
2025 Luna de Cortos International Short Film Festival (Spain) – Best International Short Film
2025 OpenEyes Filmfest (Germany) – Best International Short Film
2025 Ourense International Film Festival (Spain) – Best International Short Film
2025 Philadelphia Asian American Film – Best International Short Film
2025 Premio Carpine Visciano (Italy) – Best International Short Film
2025 Prokuplje Film Festival (Serbia) – Best International Short Film
2025 Real to Reel International Film Festival – Best International Short Film
2025 Sopot Film Festival (Poland) – Best International Short Film
2025 Tripoli Film Festival (Lebanon) – Best International Short Film