Iran animation wins int'l awards

'Blows with the Wind' has won three awards at Indian and American film festivals.

Directed by Hazhir Asadi, the work won the best animation award at the Cineframe International Short Film Festival of India and the best narrative and best script awards at the SSU Indie Film Festival in the US.

The animation has so far won nine awards at the various international film festivals.

'Blows with the Wind' narrates the story of a scarecrow that faces some unpleasant events. The scarecrow becomes human and breaks away from those situations.

On the way he sees two other scarecrows whose conditions are not better than that of him. Thus he is on the horns of a dilemma and must make a tough decision.

More than 20 international film festivals have so far hosted the animation ‘Blows with the Wind’ in 2018.

FM/AG