Let’s get updated with latest on Iranian cinema

Let’s get updated with the latest and greatest events in Iranian cinema industry during the last week.

Iranian animation ‘Stars in the Rain’ won an award at the international youth film festival of "Light to the World" in Russia. Directed by Sara Namjou, the animation received the award for the best animation at the Russian event.

‘Stars in the Rain’ is about little miracles in daily life that make it possible to tolerate hardships. “On a rainy day, the passengers of a train observe a little boy getting on the train. The little boy returns light to their world by his little miracles,” the plot of the animation reads.

Iranian short films ‘The Rotation’ and ‘Before Darkness’ were also honored at the same event.

‘The Rotation’ is about two tribes who are engaged in a war due to a dispute over the possession of the sun in the sky. The war led to the destruction of the sun and the eruption of a volcano. The lava left the members of the two tribes dead and formed a new sun. “Several centuries pass and the humans are still in a war to claim the sun in the sky,” a synopsis for the film reads.

‘Before Darkness’ is about a woman who has crossed into Iran along with other Afghans as they want to illegally travel to Turkey. The woman, who is accompanied by her child, can’t take her child with her as she can’t afford the smuggling fees.

Audiences of the 71st Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) in Germany have picked Iranian ‘Ballad of a White Cow’. Directed by Maryam Moqaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, the movie stood on the third spot at the Competition Audience Award section of the 71st Berlinale.

The storyline of the movie reads “Mina's life is turned upside down when she learns that her husband was innocent of the crime for which he was executed, so she starts a silent battle against a cynical system for her own and her daughter's sake.” Mina tries to get her life together, take good care of her child and make both ends meet. However, her life gets more sorrowful when she finds out that her husband was innocent.

Read more:

Russian fest awards Iranian animation ‘Stars in the Rain’

Light of the World fest to screen ‘The Rotation’

Berlinale audiences pick ‘Ballad of a White Cow’

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