Amir Rad, Saeed Behnam and Mohammad Saayebani were members of the selection committee.
The list is as follows:
1) "Be Sepidi siahi" written and directed by Arash Rezaei from Lorestan Province (Azna)
2) "Timeless" written and directed by Parvin Hadinia from Tehran province (Tehran)
3) "Fear and Roof" written and directed by Mehdi Maleki from Tehran province (Tehran)
4) "Self" written and directed by Hossein Ghasemi-Honar from Tehran province (Tehran)
5) "Poetic Transformation of a Geisha" written and directed by Issa Sadeghi Bahmani of Hormozgan Province (Bandar Abbas)
6) "Rabi al-Awal 1210" written and directed by Elham Ebni from Tehran province (Tehran)
7) "Raha" written by Amir Abbasian (based on a concept by Mahyar Javadiha) and directed by Mahyar Javadiha from Tehran province (Tehran)
8) "Becoming" written and directed by Nima Imanzadeh from Kurdistan Province (Sanandaj)
9) "Number 3" written and directed by Niloufar Samadi from Tehran province (Tehran)
10) "Reaction" (conditional) Written and directed by Yousef Bapiri from Tehran province (Tehran)
11) "Please do not wake me up" written by Nasrin Babaei and directed by Yaser Mir Mohammadi from Gilan Province (Rasht)
12) "Museum of Innocence" directed by Nasim Adabi and Neda Shahrokhi from Tehran province (Tehran)
13) "Seven to Nine and a Half" (conditional) written and directed by Maryam Khalili from Alborz Province (Karaj)
14) "Seventy-six two zeros" written and directed by Bahman Abbaspour from Tehran province (Tehran)
The 40th Fadjr International Theater Festival will be held from 4 to 15 of February under the auspices of Hossein Mosafer Astaneh, and the news coverage is available at fitf.ir.