The short film “Kho” written and directed by Mohammad Reza Normandipour won three awards from two film festivals in England.
According to Saba, According to the media consultant of the project, the short film “Kho” written and directed by Mohammad Reza Normandipour and produced by Mohammadreza Normandipour and Leila Haqqani won the award for the best film in the international section of the fifth edition of the Hastings Rocks International Film Festival and the best screenplay and the best actors for Ali Mohammad Radmanesh and Alireza Bahadur from the eighth edition of the THURROCK festival in England. In continuation of its international presence, “Kho” also made it to the 13th edition of the 9FilmFest festival in Bangkok, Thailand.
HASTINGS ROCKS International Film Festival welcomes works that confront the dark realities of the world and present bold stories that challenge the status quo and support a better future. The end of this festival was held in November (second week of November 1405).
THURROCK International Film Festival was founded in 2018 under the name of Thorak Screen Culture Festival and has become a platform for contemporary cinema that engages with the social, cultural and formal possibilities of film. The end of this festival was held in November (second week of November 1405).
9FilmFest International Film Festival is an event focusing on independent cinema and short films, founded in Bangkok, Thailand. Supporting creative filmmakers from around the world, this festival brings together audiences around works that deserve to be seen. The 13th edition of this festival will be held on November 19-21, 2026 (November 28-30, 1405) in New York, USA.
Previously, “Kho” won the best short film in the international section of the 20th edition of the Shorts Mexico International Festival, the best film award in the Asian talent competition of the 16th edition of the Baku festival in Azerbaijan, the best narrative short film award in the 11th edition of the Nebroudi festival in Italy, the best short film and the best humanitarian film award and a special recognition for acting in the sixth edition of the MOON ARTS festival in Italy, and was awarded to the competition section of the international festivals of Corta (34th edition), Brussels, Belgium (28th edition). Zoom Poland (28th cycle), Freno America (22nd cycle), Indian Shimla (12th), Thurrock (8th cycle), Pakistan’s Gandharafilmfestival (7th cycle), America’s Zepfest (4th cycle), Colombia’s Cine a la Calle (26th cycle) and Italy’s SOUQ (13th cycle).
The synopsis of the short film “Khu” states: “After the death of the mother of the family, a father plans to raise his son in his own way.”
Ali Mohammad Radmanesh, Alireza Bahadur, Ali Nafisi, Mehdi Maleki, Ali Pardali, Amir Mohammad Kafi, Ali Sharifi, Parham Nasiri, Javad Mohammadi, Sobhan Jafari and Ali Khodayi Moghadam have played roles in this short film, and the international distribution of this work is under the responsibility of Minerva Films, managed by Elaha Godarzi.
The actors of the short film “Kho” are:
Writer and Director: Mohammadreza Normandipour, Producer: Mohammadreza Normandipour, Leila Haqqani, Project Executive: Kerman Youth Cinema Association, Director of Photography: Yunus Sabzi, Sound Operator: Jamal Dehghan, Production Manager: Ali Nafisi, Editor: Shida Gurji, Set and Costume Designer: Leila Haqqani, Director’s Consultant: Milad Ahmadi, Screenplay Consultant: Spinod Najian, Screenplay Researcher: Nasim Nazeri, Assistant of Yek and Programmer: Mehdi Maleki, sound: Mohammad Mahdi Javaherizadeh, color correction: Mehran Dosti, stage secretary: Mitra Qalandari, make-up: Sana Hashemi, make-up assistant: Fardin Mohammadi, stage manager: Majid Ansari, costume designer: Naimeh Taheri, procurement manager: Ali Asghar Ahmadi, photographer: Hamid Sadeghi and media consultant: Ali Keshavarz.
