Italy awards Iran short

Iranian short animation ‘Locked’ has grabbed award at the Kimera International Film Festival in Italy.

Written and directed by Ahmad Khoshniyyat, the film won the special jury award for sound and music design at the 2021 edition of the event.

‘Locked’ is the story of a man who is trapped in his own dark world and has set his hope for freedom on a stony icon. But the icon has always strange requests. As bargaining with the icon has no results, the man starts to treat it differently.

Ahmad Khoshniyyat who is the writer, producer and director of the animation says, “‘Locked’ is a surreal and symbolic work that is formed based on the internal feelings of myself and my studies. I used the sources like my repetitive dreams and also ideas of English philosopher Francis Bacon about idols of the mind. I call ‘Locked’ a personal, philosophical and psychological work that those who are familiar with philosophical subjects can understand it better”.

‘Locked’ has been made using 3D computer techniques.

“Kimera International Film Festival is the first and only international film festival in the region of Molise, Italy. It has a short movie competitive section and also non competitive sections. Also there are review sections for features,” the website of the event reads.

The 19th edition of the festival was held on July 14 -17, 2021.

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