Iranian animations to vie in Greece

A lineup of Iranian short animations has been scheduled to go on screen at the 12th edition of the Athens AnimFest in Greece.

The festival, to be held in the Greek capital on March 16-22, will screen ten short animated works made by Iranian directors.

Among the Iranian titles to be shown at the event are ‘Rope’ made by Azar Mansouri, ‘Nobody’ made by Elham Toroqi, ‘Position’ made by Mashallah Mohammadi, ‘Rouhangiz’ made by Elmira Baqerzadeh and ‘I’m Not Alone’ made by Amin Malakoutikhah.

The Greek festival will also screen ‘Ascribed Achievements’ directed by Samaneh Shojaei, ‘In the Crosshairs’ directed by Marzieh Kheirkhah, ‘Runaway’ directed by Amir Kazemi, ‘Icky’ directed by Parastou Kargar and ‘Light Slight’ directed by Seyyed-Moslem Tabatabaei.

The 12th Athens AnimFest pre-selection juries have selected a large number of animated movies submitted from all over the world, confirming Athens as part of the high quality animation festival association.

The program includes competition sections for experimental, student and Greek as well as short animated movies, tributes and some other events.

MG/AI