Sheed Persian Film Festival is held annually by Sheed Film company in Dallas, Texas. The first Sheed Festival was held in 2016 on May 27 through 30th with the purpose of introducing the great talents in Iranian contemporary cinema, as well as Persian-speaking artists around the world. Nine Iranian films participated in the festival. The second round of the festival was held in November 2017 in the memory of Abbas Kiarostami.
The first Sheed Film Festival
The first Sheed Film festival was organized by AramArt art and culture institute, hosting films such as Paternal House by Kianoosh Ayari, I’m Not Angry by Reza Dormishian &.... The award-winners were chosen by the audience, and the statue for the best film was awarded to Wednesday, May 9, Kiomars Moradi was the artistic director, and Ehsan Matoori and were the founders of the festival.
The second Sheed Film Festival
The second Sheed Film Festival was held on November 10-12th, 2017, in memory of internationally renowned Iranian director, Abbas Kiarostami. Accordingly, the award-winners received the Golden Close-up award, named after one of Kiarostami’s films. :fa:آرامه اعتمادی|Arameh Etemadi was the director, Shahram Mokri was the artistic director, and :fa:علی بوستان|Ali Boustan was the graphic and poster designer of the festival. This year’s jury committee includes film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum, Professor Richard Pena and Iranian film critic Houshang Golmakani. Twelve films participated in the second Sheed festival, with nine films in the competing and four films in the non-competing sections. The festival started on November 10 by screening a short film titled "And He Went Searching for the Road" made by Meysam Shahbabai in the memory of Abbas Kiarostami, and No Date, No Signature.
Winner
Close-up statue and certificate for the best actor was awarded to Mohsen Tanabande for the film Ferrari. On November 12, the following awards were announced: Close-up statue and certificate for the best actress and producer was awarded to Niki Karimi for the film Azar. Close-up statue and certificate for the best director was awarded to Vahid Jalilvand for the film. The best film award went to Azar produced by Niki Karimi, after a very close vote count. The audience choice award went to Israfil and Yellow, which received equal numbers of votes. In February 2018, Mastaneh Mohajer, who along with her husband was the guest of the Dorehami show, gifted her Close-up award to the show to help those in need.
