Ojai fest in the US to host Iranian ‘Am I a Wolf?’

Iranian animation ‘Am I a Wolf?’ has been selected to compete at the 22nd edition of the Ojai Film Festival in the US.

Directed by Amir-Houshang Moeen, ‘Am I a Wolf?’ has already competed at more than 30 international festivals and grabbed 15 awards.

Made based on a fantasy book by Afsaneh Shabannejad, the short animation is a recreation of the classic fable titled ‘The Wolf and the Lamb’.

In the short animation, a number of students are performing a theatre titled ‘The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats’. Everybody has a role.

They are totally getting carried away by their roles in a way that the border between reality and theatrical performance is now hardly realized.

Meanwhile, the child acting as the wolf in the story is scripted to be defeated. That makes him feel lonely and annoyed.

As he takes his role too seriously, a bit of chaos startles the group. In the end, the presence of other children and his friends next to him take him out of this mood.

The Ojai Film Festival aims to “provide audiences with opportunities to see groundbreaking work otherwise inaccessible and to provide filmmakers with an enthusiastic audience including film industry professionals”.

The event is slated for November 4-14, 2021.

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