Between 21 accepted short films for CTLPDX film festival (2015), “The Fan” by Shirin Sohani has earned the second place along with animation and empowerment appreciation certificate of the festival.

This short animation narrates the story of an old fan which fears from being recycled. In last year edition of Khorshid Short Film Festival , The Fan was selected as the best short film with the subject of “ making your most beautiful dreams”.

CTLPDX short film festival was held with the goal of empowering the youth film makers and inspiring the minority in Portland. In this edition of the festival, among 257 short films from 42 countries, only 21 had the chance to compete.