Iran shorts nominated in Malaysian festival

Two Iranian short films have received nominations at the 10th edition of the International Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival.

Joint Iranian-Malaysian production ‘Save Me’ will go up against other nominees in the Best Short Film Award category of the festival, which will be held in late October.

While Iranian short ‘Pet Man’ by Marzieh Abrarpaidar was nominated for the Best Animation Award.

The 10th edition of the International Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival will be held in the Malaysian capital from October 23 to 29.

The festival is Malaysia’s first and longest-running environmental film festival used to facilitate building a nation of ecologically conscious businesses, individuals, and communities through on-ground activities and film screenings focused on critical environmental issues and stories such as pollution, indigenous people’s rights, wildlife protection, nuclear energy, climate change, sustainable food production, waste management, local environmental heroes and more.

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