Ali Masoumi

I am an animation director with a master’s degree in Animation Directing at Art  University of Tehran and over 10 years of experience in stop motion and 2D animation, specializing in multiplane camera techniques for international festivals and commercials. My short film BUG was selected for the 51st Student Academy Awards in 2024.

I also have seven years of experience as a senior motion designer, excelling in styles such as 2D frame-by-frame, digital 2D, and collage animation. Additionally, I am skilled in drawing, storyboarding, and creating characters and concepts.

Awards

Bisotun Short Aniation

Winner

Persia Educational Film Festival – 2023

Nominee

Nashville Play Film 2022 – US

Officially selection

New York Kurdish Film Festival 2024 – US

13th Tehran international Animation festival 2024 – Iran

39th Tehran international short film festival 2022 – Iran

Animex Screen student films in competition – 2023 UK

Student World Impact Film Festival SWIFF 2023 – USA

Steve Aronson International Film Festival 2023

BAM Festival 2023 – Texas

Bornova Short Film Days 2022 – turkey

Voronezh International Animation Festival 2023 – Russian

Return film festival 2022 – Weimar Germany

CAFF Film Festival Coordinator 2022

Clapperboard Golden 2022 – Brazil

First-Time Filmmaker Online Sessions 2022 – UK

Parchin Short Animation

 

Winner

Only the best AWARDS (OTB) 2021 – Miami, US

Quarter Finalist

2023 Student World Impact Film Festival (SWIFF) 2023 US

Finalist

Short Cut Festival 2022 – Serbia 

Officially selection

Iranian international film festival 2022 – San Francisco USA

Student World Impact Film Festival SWIFF 2023 – USA

Konyaaltı International Short Film Festival 2023

MAAC-24FPS INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION AWARDS 2022

CAFF Film Festival Coordinator 2022

First-Time Filmmaker Online Sessions 2021 – UK

The Paus Premieres 2021 – UK

BUG Short Animation

Winner

  • 41st Tehran short film festival 2024 – Iran – Oscar-qualifying
  • 2 prizes of Sanità film festival 2025 – Italy
  • ANIMUR animation festival 2024 – Russia
  • Touchstone independent film festival 2025 – USA
  • Festival Internacional de Cinema de Canoinhas – SC 2024 – Brazil

Finalist

  • New York Animation festival 2024 – USA
  • 4th Monteatro e Dintorni d’Arte 2025 – Italy
  • the Carrara Film Award 2025 – Germany

Semi-Finalist

  • 12th FOLCS international short competition 2025 – USA

Officially selection

  • 51st Student Academy Awards film 2024 – USA
  • 27th  New York International Children’s Film Festival 2025 – USA – Oscar-qualifying
  • 24th  DOCUFEST 2025 – Kosovo – BAFTA-qualifying
  • 9th Turku Animated Film Festival 2024 – Finland
  • 30th LISTAPAD Festival 2024 – Belarus
  • 23rd Ivy Film Festival  2025 – USA
  • 17st Piccolo film Festival 2024 – Italy
  • 16th The international Animation Film Festival (IAFF) GOLDEN KUKER -2025 – Sofia
  • VGIK International Film Festival 2024 – Russia
  • The Tbilisi International Animation Festival (TIAF) 2025 – Georgia
  • 12th Star Film Festival 2025 – Croatia
  • 13th Tehran international Animation festival 2024 – Iran
  • Monsters Fantastic Film Festival 2024 – Italy
  • Bastau International Film Festival 2024 – Kazakhstan
  • 14th CMS,INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL (ICFF) 2025 – India
  • 7th KALAKARI Festival 2024 – India
  •  11th FLAME FirstCut 2025 – India
  • CINE MIMMOS 2024 – Portugal
  • Animatica 2024 – Italy
  • MANIFEST – Mafra Animation Film Festival 2024 – Portugal
  •  CLIT 2024 – Portugal
  • 6th Thernon Short Film Festivall 2024 – Greece
  • International Film Festival of Canoinhas 2024 – Brazil
  • Yellowstone Film Festival 2025 – India
  • IX Arctic International Film Festival “Golden Raven” 2025 – Russia
  • Lunatico! – short film contest 2025 – Italy
  • Light of the world 2024 (kinofestival) – Russia
  • The Animation Tanzania FIlm Festival 2024 – Tanzania
  • Nahal international Animation festival 2024 – Iran