Iranian Animations Compete at Fajr Film Festival

Date: 09 January 2019 - 21:16

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Three Iranian animated films, "Sunny Night”, "The Last Fiction”, and "Benyamin”, have found their way to the final part at the 37th edition of Fajr Film Festival, racing for the best award of the event.
"Sunny Night” by Ali Madani, "The Last Fiction” by Ashkan Rahgozar and "Benyamin” by Mohsen Enayati, are vying to win the Special Jury Prize of the 37th edition of Fajr Film Festival.
Madani’s 90-minute film is suitable for kids and teens.
"The storyteller’s box, which is a source for the city’s calm and order, is stolen by jackals from the neighboring land. The Sun replaces the Moon. The night vanishes and the city’s order collapses. A number of children accidentally get involved in the incidents and help the detective to return the casket to the city,” the synopsis of the 3D animation reads.
Meanwhile, ‘The Last Fiction’ is the story of an evil figure in Iranian mythology, Zahhak. It is a free adaptation of a story from Iran’s classic literature. The film won recognition and was presented as one of the best ongoing projects at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France.
The third animation ‘Benyamin’ is about a boy named Benyamin in ancient Egypt. According to the film’s director, all characters in the film are imaginary.
"The soldiers of Pharaoh have arrested the mother of Benyamin. In order to release her, they want a valuable thing from Benyamin. Benyamin will be forced to undertake a dangerous voyage to get that valuable thing,” according to the summary of the plot.
Iranian cinema made great progress in the years after the victory of the Islamic Revolution of 1979, to that extent that many Iranian films bring home numerous international awards every year and Iranian directors and their films are well known in all cultural venues across the globe.