For The First Time, An Iranian Short Tops Fantoche Festival
Mahboobeh Kalaee’s experimental mixed-media short “The Fourth Wall” won Fantoche’s international competition for best film.
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EXCLUSIVE: Watch The Opening From ‘Juliet & The King,’ A Hand-Drawn Feature From Iran’s Hoorakhsh Studios
A Iranian monarch visits France in the 19th century. There, he falls for a young actress, and invites her to his country in the hope of winning her heart …
Cats, Droughts, And Shadowy Millionaires: 3 Promising Feature Pitches At Annecy
We watched all the feature pitches at Annecy’s MIFA market. Here are the three we liked best.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Aqualung’ by Sam Chegini
Official music video for Jethro Tull’s “Aqualung” on the occasion of the song’s 50th anniversary.
A New Animation Podcast Helps Connect Iranian Animators To The Global Community
Episodes, many of which feature industry professionals, are available in both English and Farsi.
Iranian Martial Arts Feature ‘The Gools’ Is Reportedly Coming To U.S. And China
The film will be localized and renamed “Kung Fu Gools” for the Chinese market.
Cartoon Brew Pick: ‘No.7’ by Mehdi Alibeygi
Part of a series about the most legendary football/soccer players of all the time, this episode is based on Cristiano Ronaldo.
Quarantine Chronicles: How A Studio In Iran Figured Out Remote Working For Its Artists In Two Days
Iran has been badly hit by the coronavirus, and one studio owner worries about how it’ll affect the country’s burgeoning animation industry.
39 Iranian Animators Teamed Up To Create The Dizzying Conceptual Short ‘Knock Knock’ (Exclusive Premiere)
Spider-Man, Nazis, Steve Jobs: this two-and-a-half-minute anijam has it all.
Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2019: Five Animated Features Nominated
Films from China, Iran, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand all made the cut.
‘The Last Fiction’ Set To Become First Iranian Animated Feature To Qualify For Oscars (Exclusive)
For the first time this year, one of the feature animation Oscar hopefuls will be an Iranian film.
