The Ninth International Festival of Short Films due to be held on November 17-22 will host 54 countries, secretariat of the festival said in a press release.
Armenia, Egypt, Kuwait and Burkina Faso will take part in the festival in addition to 50 countries which had taken part in the international short film festival.
Meanwhile, a producer of animation films Vahid Nassirian said that public screening of short films concurrently with features films in the cinema should become a convention.
He said that public screening of short films does not generate income for the producer, but it boosts the spirit of the filmmaker.
Nassirian noted that in other countries, screen short films are usually screened before a feature film and hoped that the Iranian cinemas would follow suit.
He said that the producers of short films have established themselves in the cinema sector.
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