‘The Lovely Sky’ has been produced at the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults – Kanoon.

Written and directed by Amir Mehran, the animated piece will be screened in the competition section of this edition of the event.

The animation follows an impatient fighter pilot who bombs cities every day. He returns to his little girl every night after completing his mission. The girl loves to fly, but the father doesn’t fulfill his daughter’s dream because of the bitter memory of his wife’s death. The war is getting closer every day. One day an incident changes their lives, forever.

‘The Lovely Sky’ has won the best animation prize at the 2022 edition of the Roshd International Film Festival in Iran.

‘Being Ten’ directed by Fatemeh Jafari and produced by the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults will also compete at the latest edition of the Bulgarin festival.

The animation recently won the third prize of the 11th international festival “Constantine’s Gold Coin” in Serbia.

“A father and his ten-year-old son live in a lonely cottage in the middle of a dense wood. The father, a hunter, spares one of his catches and brings it home as a present for his son,” the synopsis of ‘Bing Ten’ read.

Established in 1979, the World Festival of Animated Film is dedicated to animations from around the world.

The 19th edition of the festival will be held from September 6 to 10.

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Winner of the prize for the best animation at the previous edition of the International Film Festival for Children and Youth (IFFCY), Alexandre Athané said that he was invited to the event again to hold the workshop for those who are interested in making animation.

“Animation making is a multidimensional task and anybody who wants to be an animation maker is required to know a minimum level of the technology, the state-of-the-art cinema tools, and knowhow of the directing animations,” he said.

Animation dates back to long time ago that the Neanderthals started to draw paintings of animals on the walls of caves, most of which are still there, he said adding that this shows that animation is based on paintings.

Speaking on the links between cinema and animation, Athané said, “Animation means movement of the picture and paintings, and cinema and films are too defined as the same.”

Referring to feedbooks, he said that everyone can use its paintings in consecutive frames to make an animation film. Then, you will get an idea of the number of pictures that you need for making an animation, the French artist said adding that he had made some 10,000 paintings for his first animation.

“If you have an open, strong mind, you will certainly find making animations an enjoyable activity, and even the skill can nurture the mind for doing other tasks,” he noted.

Explaining about the starting point of an animation work, Athané said that there is no need to have a live model as your main subject. Rather, he added, the world of animation is much wider than you can imagine. So, one can start with an object, he said noting that all of the time of an animator should be spent for making the story of the animation.

“I would advise you to start with painting and drawing sketches. This trial and error will let you awaken your sense of creativity. So, be patient and let your feelings help you be on the right track. Feelings and creativity can bring you ideas that nobody else has even thought about them.”

The session was followed by screening of two animations, and the French animator elaborated on the time spent on each part of the films.

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Lee Whitmore’s retelling of the myth is based on a poem of the same name by Matthew Arnold. The watercolor animation is about “a young charismatic English teacher who reads the poem to her students, a group of naïve 14-year-old girls whose main concerns are pop music and nail polish. The poem takes the girls on a journey to ancient Persia and a legendary fight between two warriors Sohrab and Rostam. The poem ends tragically and the girls are confronted with the reality of the death of Sohrab the younger and less wily warrior. In the last stanza watercolour images of the night sky over the mighty Oxus River are a reminder of the beautiful eternal nature of life. The girls return to their class puzzled but wiser.”

The festival’s main prize went to ‘Parasite,’ the South Korean black drama that previously won the Palme d’Or at Cannes.

Sydney Film Festival ran June 5-16, 2019, but will continue to play a selection of popular films for the next four days. Voting for the audience awards remains open until Wednesday, according to Variety.

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“Starvation” directed by Zahra Rostampour will represent Iran in the “Graduation Short Films in Competition” section.

A total of 220 animations from 88 countries will be screened in different sections during the 6-day event.

Animated films from Spain, Romania, France, Denmark and China, along with three Japanese animations will compete in the “Feature Films in Competition” section.

According to Variety, Japan may not appear to be a particularly surprising choice for the spotlight nation at the 2019 Annecy. But since 1999, when Annecy last so honored Japan, much has changed, and 2019 finds Japanese animation bursting with creative and commercial potential and sitting on the verge of a global breakout.

The international film festival was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town of Annecy, France. Initially occurring every two years, the festival became an annual event in 1998. It is one of the four festivals supported by the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA).

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A selection of seven animated movies from different countries will be competing in the international section of the festival running from August 30 to September 5.

The lineup includes “Mullewapp 2” by Tony Loeser, Theresa Strozyk from Germany, “Monster Island”, an animated horror comedy film directed by Leopoldo Aguilar from Mexico, “The Stolen Princess”, a 3D animated fantasy film directed by Oleg Malamuzh from Ukraine, and “The Last Fiction” by Ashkan Rahgozar from Iran.

Also included are the animated Czech/Belgian/Russian co-production “Harvie and the Magic Museum”, the American musical fantasy romantic comedy film produced by Walt Disney “Enchanted”, and the Russian animated adventure movie “Mission Kathmandu”.

“The Cushion” by Mani Vatandust from Iran is also an animation to go on screen in the non-competitive section of the festival.

A selection of 15 films from different countries has also been selected to compete in the international section of the festival.

Photo: A scene from “Monster Island”, an animated horror comedy film directed by Leopoldo Aguilar

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Iranian short animation ‘Bystander’ directed by Sheyda Kashi has been accepted into the screening program of 11th Iranian Film Festival in San Francisco, US.

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The 3D animated Iranian film ‘The Secret of Butterflies’ directed and produced by Ali Tanhaee will take part in DYTIATKO International Children’s Television Festival.

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