Uppsala Int’l filmfest to screen Iranian ‘Maned & Macho’

Iranian short animation ‘Maned & Macho’ has been set to go on the silver screen at the 37th edition of the Uppsala International Short Film Festival in Sweden.

Directed by Shiva Sadeq-Asadi, ‘Maned & Macho’ is about a girl’s repressed emotions and instincts, which are embodied in some animals that come out of her dreams. However, no one in her family is receptive to these animals.

The 11-minute animation has so far attended a number of international film events, including the 41st Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden, the 47th Giffoni International Film Festival in Italy, the 35th Busan International Short Film Festival in South Korea, the 36th Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival in the US, the 16th Pacific Meridian International Film Festival of the Asian-Pacific region in Russia, and the 14th Indie-AniFest in South Korea.

‘Maned & Macho’ has recently won the main award at the 3rd Animavi International Film Festival of Poetic Animation in Italy.

Founded in 1982, the Uppsala International Short Film Festival has since become Sweden’s premier arena for short film. The festival has succeeded to gain both national recognition of the Swedish Film Institute and genuine international renown.

In addition, the festival is the most important international cultural event in Uppsala. Every year the festival shows more than 300 short films in five different sections exploring the diversity and richness of the short films.

The 2018 edition of the Swede event is slated for October 22-28, in Uppsala, Sweden.

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