Kirkuk Festival Awards ‘Before Heaven’
TEHRAN – ‘Before Heaven’, produced by Mohaddeseh Pirhadi and written and directed by Ahmad Heidarian, has won the best animation award at the Kirkuk International Animation Film Festival held on March 4-5.
Iranian film production company Soureh Film Club has produced the short film on the 1948 creation of Israel and the eviction of Palestinians from their homeland, Mehr News reported.
The six-minute animation, ‘Before Heaven’ previously has been screened in the competition section of the Ischia Film Festival in Italy.
The heartbreaking film concludes with a statement that reads, “In 1948, many Palestinians were forced to leave their homes. Each abandoned house was taken by a Zionist family and that’s how Palestine was occupied.”
“This film is dedicated to all Palestinian children who left their drawings, one day,” it continues.