TEHRAN – Iran’s short film ‘The Fourth Wall’ has been awarded at the MONSTRA - Lisbon Animation Festival in Portugal.
‘The Fourth Wall’ was named Best Experimental Short Film at the 21st edition of MONSTRA, iFilm reported.
“A stuttering boy transforms an Iranian kitchen into a fantastic cosmos. The father’s body becomes a refrigerator, the mother’s belly a washing machine whose spin cycle gives birth to a screaming baby. Even birds on tiles and detergents have a surprising life of their own. This exuberant animation, dotted with real-life elements – fried eggs, broken plates, chess pieces – develops a subtle wit, ironizing ingrained family patterns,” a synopsis for the film reads.
Directed by Mahbubeh Kalai, the 10-minute animation has also received an honorable mention at the Leeds International Film Festival in the UK and grabbed a jury award at the World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb in Croatia.
The latest edition of MONSTRA - Lisbon Animation Festival took place on March 16-27.