Farhang Foundation Short Film Festival - Partner

Farhang Foundation is a non-religious, non-political and not-for-profit foundation established in 2008 to celebrate and to promote the study and research of Iranian art and culture for the benefit of the community at large. The foundation supports academic activities in Southern California by funding university programs, publications and conferences. The foundation also supports cultural programs such as celebration of Nowruz and Mehregan, theater, dance performances, films screenings and poetry reading in Southern California. Farhang Foundation, in cooperation with various cultural and academic institutions plans major programs and exhibitions about Iran and its culture. For more info visit: www.farhang.org.

Community Partners

SOCIARTS 

SOCIARTS is a production company and online community dedicated to promoting positive social change through the arts and media. SOCIARTS’ mission is to create a vibrant environment for creative visionaries to come together and focus on conscious creativity and positive activism, while encouraging openness to the diversity of the world's cultures. SOCIARTS has been proudly managing the Farhang Foundation Short Film Festival since its inception in 2009. Membership with SOCIARTS is free and open to anyone and everyone. For more information visit: www.sociarts.com.


Special thanks to the following organizations for helping us with this year’s Festival: 

American Film Institute 
The Art Institute of California, Los Angeles
California State University, Northridge - Department of Cinema and Television Arts
Chapman University - Dodge College of Film and Media Arts
Columbia University - School of the Arts
Emerson College - Visual and Media Arts
London Film School
Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles Film School
Loyola Marymount University - School of Film and Television
New York University - Tisch School of the Arts
Santa Monica College - The Academy of Entertainment and Technology
Stanford University - Department of Art and Art History
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Film and Media Studies
University of California, Los Angeles - School of Theater, Film and Television
University of Southern California - School of Cinematic Arts
University of Toronto - Cinema Studies Institute