Portugal MONSTRA awards Iran ‘The Fourth Wall’

Iran short film ‘The Fourth Wall’ has been awarded at the MONSTRA - Lisbon Animation Festival in Portugal.

‘The Fourth Wall’ was named Best Experimental Short Film at the 21st edition of MONSTRA.

“A stuttering boy transforms an Iranian kitchen into a fantastic cosmos. The father’s body becomes a refrigerator, the mother's belly a washing machine whose spin cycle gives birth to a screaming baby. Even birds on tiles and detergents have a surprising life of their own. This exuberant animation, dotted with real-life elements – fried eggs, broken plates, chess pieces – develops a subtle wit, ironizing ingrained family patterns,” a synopsis for the film reads.

Directed by Mahbubeh Kalai, the 10-minute animation has also received an honorable mention at the Leeds International Film Festival in the UK and grabbed a jury award at the World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb in Croatia.

The latest edition of MONSTRA - Lisbon Animation Festival took place on March 16-27.

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