‘Sympathy Syndrome’ vying at MONSTRA fest in Portugal

Iran’s animated short film ‘Sympathy Syndrome’ has been taking part in the MONSTRA - Lisbon Animation Festival in Portugal.

Media reports said ‘Sympathy Syndrome’, directed by Maral Alizadeh, is competing in the 21st edition of the festival.

The duration of the 2D animation is seven-minute, and it has no dialogue.

The film is about a kid, who is watching the beauty of the city through the window.

Mesmerized by that beauty, the kid decides to leave the home, but that decision left the child confused.

Iranian animation ‘The Fourth Wall’ is also competing at the 21st edition of the MONSTRA.

The main goals of the festival are “to celebrate artistic transversality and to promote encounters between people with different artistic backgrounds by using the most basic and multidisciplinary language we know: the one of Animation Cinema,” the event’s website reads.

The 21st edition of the event kicked off on Wednesday and will run until March 27.

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