Iranian Animation Competes at Roanne Int’l Festival in France

Date: 24 February 2019 - 21:23

News ID: ۶۳۵۲۴

TEHRAN (FNA)- "Pet Man”, an Iranian animation directed by filmmaker Marzieh Abrar-Paydar, will vie at the 10th edition of ‘Ciné-court animé’ Roanne International Short Film Festival in France.
"Pet Man” tells the story of an animal dealer who falls asleep in his shop and has a nightmare where he is trapped inside an animal cage. In his attempt to escape from the animals, he encounters various obstacles.
The Iranian animated piece will be screened at the fantasy films section of the 10th ‘Ciné-court animé’ Roanne International Short Film Festival in France
The international animation festival of Roanne proposes 6 competitions with many awards. The event will screen 200 films from 40 countries, and hold exhibitions, workshops and many special programs on the sidelines, according to its website.
The 10th edition of Roanne animation short film festival, organized by the city hall of Roanne, will take place on 18-24 March 2019.
In its previous screenings, "Pet Man” won a number of international awards including an award for best animated film at NEZ International Film Festival in India, best characterization award in Kent’s Canterbury Festival, best animation award at the Largo International Film Festival in Switzerland, the award for best animated eco film at International Animation Film Festival Golden Kuker in the Bulgarian capital Sofia and Best Animation Short Film award at the 2nd Sao Paulo Times Film Festival.
Iranian cinema has made great progress in the past 40 years since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 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.

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Iranian short animated piece "Pet Man” by Marzieh Abrar-Paydar.