The animated short film ‘Run Rostam Run’ won the award of distinction from Edukino film festival in Poland.

Edukino Festival of Educational Films was held from 22-24 November in National Museum of Warsaw, Poland.

‘Run Rostam Run’ is an eleven minute animated short film made in Barfak Studio using D Digital cel system. This animated film was first screened at Tehran International Animation Festival where it won the best animation and the best director awards.

This film is a free, comic adaptation of the tragic story of Rostam and Sohrab. Rostam, the national epic hero, must travel in time and come to modern Tehran in order to make up for what he has done to his son, Sohrab. While in Tehran, he cannot decided whether to accomplish his goal through a legal way or an illegal one.

‘Run Rostam Run’ was written and directed by Hossein Molayemi.

Directed, written and acted by Dariush Nasiri, Rostam and Esfandiar’s Warperformance is getting ready to attend the main section of the 15th High Fest International Performing Arts Festival in Armenia, due on October 06.

The epic is based on a tragedy in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh, The Book of Kings, which tells the story of a battle between Esfandiar and Rostam, two Iranian heroes.

The show will be performed using the Iranian performing styles (narrative and Ta’zieh) and monodrama (theatrical or operatic piece played by a single actor).

Esfandiar is an invulnerable prince and the son of Goshtasb, the Kiani king, who repeatedly promises handling over the kingdom to his son, but does not keep his promise, after Esfandiar successfully carries out his father’s orders. Finally Goshtasb asks Esfandiar to go to Zabol and bring Rostam bound. Esfandiar rejects at first but accepts after discussing it with his father and prepares himself to go to Zabolestan. After the battles sparks between Esfandiar and Rostam, Simurgh shows Rostam how to kill Esfandiar, and teaches him how to make an arrow to hit the eyes of Esfandiar, his weak spot, and Esfandiar is killed by Rostam.

The fifteenth High Fest International Performing Arts Festival will be held from October 1 to 8, in Yerevan, this year. Different performance groups from Brazil, Argentina, Russia, Finland, Germany, Austria, Greece, Italy, Sweden, Estonia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia and Iran will participate in this art event.