TEHRAN (Mehr News Agency) –- The nominees of the Iranian competition section of the 18th International Festival of Film and Video for Children and Young Adults were announced. Jury board including Marzieh Boroumand, Abolhassan Davoudi, Rassoul Sadr-Ameli, Ali Akbar Qazinezam, and Rahmatollah Mehrabi announced the nominees: Best Short Film: “Pendar” (Leila Mirhadi), “Again Rain” (Ali Vazirian), “White Wings” (Abdollah Alimorad), “Like the Moon” Bijan Mirbaqeri Best feature-length movie: “Paradise Is Somewhere Else” (Abdorrassoul Golbon), “To Kill Lovers” (Khosro Ma’soumi), “Shoes with Cricket” (Shapour Qarib), “Me and Negin.Com” (Hossein Qena’at) Best Director: Hossein Qena’at (“Me and Negin.Com”,) Khosro Ma’soumi (To Kill Lovers), Saman Salour (“Residents of Silent Land”,) Abdorrassoul Golbon (“Paradise Is Somewhere Else”) Best Actor: Amir Khorshidi (“Childish”,) Hamed Zeidi (“Shoes with Cricket”,) Yarmohammad Raminpour and Janmohammad Tajik (“Paradise Is Somewhere Else”,) Negin Habibi and Arash Mesrian (“Me and Negin.Com”)

Meanwhile, the nominees of the assembly of children and young adults were announced. Best Film: “Sun of Egypt,” “Childish,” “Me and Negin.Com” Best Director: Hossein Qena’at (“Me and Negin.Com”,) Khosro Ma’soumi (To Kill Lovers), Masoud Keramati (“Childish”) Best Screenplay: Shoes with Cricket, Sunflowers Field, Me and Negin.Com, Canary

The winners will be announced today at the closing day of the festival.