Iranian animation competing at Dok Leipzig filmfest

Iranian animation ‘Autumn Winds, Spring Winds and Two Doves’ is competing at the 63rd International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film (Dok Leipzig) in Germany.

Directed by Sadeq Javadi, the 8-minute animation is an adaptation of a book with the same name written by Ahmadreza Ahmadi.

The animation has previously participated in several festivals in Canada and Tehran and now is making its way to the European festivals.

According to festival’s official websiteو the animation is “a poetic journey based on an Iranian children’s book. A boy and a girl are far apart and miss each other. He wants to go to her by ship, but the autumn storm upsets everything. The dove doesn’t wait until spring and helps the boy and girl find each other. The horse also tries to reunite the two”.

The Dok Leipzig film festival is an opportunity for the professionals of the film industry to connect.

The event is undergoing from October 26 to November 1, 2020.

PR/MM