White Paper (Persian: Kaghaz-e Sefid, کاغذ سفید) is 2010 Iranian animated short film about LGBT right and Homophobia which directed by Seyed Mohsen Pourmohseni Shakib. It is director's debut short animation.
In a monochromatic world, 6 colored children are isolated and driven out by their families for being different. Grouping together the young outcasts become a community and change their world from a bleak and persecuted world to a bright, colorful and tolerant one that accepts people of all colors.
Festivals
2010
Student National Film Festival - Iran
2011
FiLUMS - International LUMS Film Festival - Pakistan
Out Film Festival - USA
Frameline: San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival - USA
Seoul International Youth Film Festival - South Korea
Pikes Peak Lavender Film Festival - USA
Eau Queer Film Festival - USA
Sacramento International LGBT Film Festival - USA
South Texas Underground LGBT Film Festival - USA
Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival - USA
Roshd International Film Festival - Iran
Reeling: Chicago International LGBT Film Festival - USA
Soore National Short Film Festival - Iran
Mix Brasil Film Festival - Brasil
Basij Honarmandan Provincial Film Festival - Iran
2012
Reelout Queer Film + Video Festival - Canada
Zinegoak International Film Festival - Spain
Sekanse Bidari National Film Festival - Iran
Diversity in Animation Festival - Brasil
Pink Apple Film Festival - Switzerland
London Lesbian Film Festival - Canada
Out Twin Cities Film Festival - USA
Kashish-Mumbai International Queer Film Festival - India
Campfire Film Festival - Australia
The Xposed International Queer Film Festival - Germany
Louisville LGBT Film Festival - USA
North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival - USA
Hamburg International Queer Film Festival - Germany
2013
Out in the Desert: Tucson’s International LGBT Film Festival - USA
Malmo Queer Film Festival - Sweden
Torino LGBT Film Festival - Italy
Queer Film Festival - Identities Vienna - Asturia
Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara - Mexico
48,40 Frames - Kurzfilmfestival - Austria
Festival Internacional de Cine, Arte y Cultura - Paraguay
2015
CSM International Children's Film Festival - India
TV
2010 - December - IRIB 4 - Iran
2011 - July - Itzon TV - Online
2011 - November - Shoma TV - Iran
Project
2014 - 2 March - Art For Freedom's secretprojectrevolution by Madonna
2011 – Emerging Filmmaker Award: South Texas Underground LGBT Film Festival
2011 – Best Animation: Basij Honarmandan Provincial Film Festival
Producer: Seyed Mohsen Pourmohseni Shakib
Screenwriter: Seyed Mohsen Pourmohseni Shakib
Designer: Mojtaba Gheybie
Animator: Seyed Ali Sayah
Sound: Hamidreza Yasouri
Edit: Seyed Mohsen Pourmohseni Shakib
