Tehran Int’l Animation fest picks 15 Iranian animations

The jury panel of the 12th Tehran International Animation Festival (TIAF) has selected 15 animations for the upcoming edition.

The panel includes Shahram Heidariyan, Shiva Momtahen, Sareh Shafieepour, Hossein Molayemi, Farnoush Abedi, Mehdi Shiri, and Amin Haqshenas.

The panel examined 468 works from Iran and 1048 works from 85 other countries.

Finally the panel selected 217 films, including 36 Iranian works and 181 international titles to compete at the festival.

A lineup of 15, out of 36 Iranian films, will compete at the short animation section. Following are the name of the selected animations:

‘Past’ by Hamid Mohammadi-Hojjatabadi, ‘Crow’ by Ahoura Shahbazi, ‘Gray Object’ by Samaneh Shojaee, ‘White Whale’ by Amin Mehran, ‘The Fourth Wall’ by Mahboubeh Kalaee, ‘Anima’ by Mahboubeh Mohammadzaki, ‘Where Do the Winds Go?’ by Pejman Alipour, ‘Rahi’ by Behrouz Soleimani, ‘The secret of Dad’s Pajamas’ by Hossein Jamshidi, ‘Gobangi’ by Mehdi Sediqi, ‘Statue’ by Mohsen Salehifard, ‘Crab’ by Shiva Sadeq-Asadi, ‘Autumn Winds, Winter Winds, and Two Doves’ by Sadeq Javadi-Nikjeh, ‘Red Fire’ by Mona Abdollah-Shahi, and ‘Lunch in the Meadow’ by Faryad Bayat.

The TIAF is a biennial event organized by Iran’s Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults.

The event also includes sections such as Out of Competition, Special Screening, and Panorama.

The 2022 edition of the festival will be held on March 6-10.

PR/MG