Short Film News (SFN)- The Special Screenings and Short Programs for the 18th Annual Slamdance Film Festival, which gets underway January 20 and runs through January 26, are now set.

 The 2012 Slamdance Film Festival will showcase eight feature-length films in Special Screenings: three narrative films and five documentary films, including five world premieres.

The 2012 Shorts Program features 75 shorts, and include Special Screenings, Live Action Competition, Documentary Competition, Animation, $99 Special, Anarchy Shorts, and the world premiere of a special program of new Iranian shorts never seen outside the country, Made In Iran: 7 Short Premieres.
 
SPECIAL SCREENING - MADE IN IRAN: 7 SHORT PREMIERES
     Dances With The Armchair - Director/Writer: Dariush Nehdaran.

     Far From Him, Towards Him -Director/Screenwriter: Javad Rezaei Monfared.

     Room No. 8 - Director/Screenwriter: Zohreh Keshavarz Motlagh Shirazi.

     Pondering - Director/Screenwriter: Mohammad Hossein Keshavarz Motlagh Shirazi.

     A Pore As Big As a Knuckle - Director/Screenwriter: Ali Ahmadi.
   
The Tree - Director/Screenwriter: Hamed Siami.

     When The Kid Was a Kid - Director/Screenwriter: Anahita Ghazvinizadeh.