‘Loupetoo’ competes at Palm Springs festival

Iranian animation ‘Loupetoo’ is vying at the Palm Springs Animation Festival in the US.

‘Loupetoo’ by Abbas Askari is representing Iran at the main competition section of this year’s edition of the festival.

The animation is a 3D animated piece produced by the Iran-based Soureh Cinema Organization. 

The film’s name is inspired by the word Kermani people of Iran use to refer to handmade toys that mothers used to make for their children in the past.

The animation is about a hospital where Dr. Saeed Kamali treats his mental patients by letting them make toys.

“A person disguised as a patient vandalizes the workshop and causes its closure. The doctor’s son, Ali, tries to help his father solve the problem,” a synopsis for the film reads.

The animation is on the screens in Lebanon and will start screening in Iraq and Syria soon.

Palm Springs Animation Festival is a global competition in animation and exhibition of the world’s most talented artists in the world. Each year there are awards going to 37 categories including Best Animated Feature and Best Animated Short in over 20 different styles of animation from 2D, 3D, Hand Drawn, Painted, Watercolor, Sand, Paper, Experimental, Stop-Motions and VFX.

The fifth edition of the festival is currently underway from April 30 – July 3, 2023.

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