TEHRAN-The Iranian short animation In the Shadow of the Cypress directed by Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani and the function documentary Grand Me by Atiye Zare Arandi have actually grabbed awards at the 27th Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People in Pyrgos, Greece.In the Shadow of the Cypress won the Best Animated Short Film Award at the occasion, which concluded on December 7, ISNA reported.The animation is a complex story of household relationships.
When the range grows in between the characters, an unexpected event brings them together again in a remarkably wonderfully composed and highlighted way.Made in 2023, In the Shadow of Cypress portrays a former captain struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder who lives with his daughter in a modest house located by the sea.
Together, they live isolated from the world and must confront the difficulties of their circumstance.
One early morning, their lives alter permanently when an unpredicted event occurs.A production of the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (referred to as Kanoon), the cartoon animation has so far grabbed several major global awards from Academy Award-qualifying festivals.Recently, it won 2 silver awards in the categories of Best 2D Animated Short and Best Score in a Short Animation at the 12th Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation - & Technology (PFCAT), in the United States in August.Grand Me, a 2024 joint production of Iran and Belgium, received the Special Mention in the Feature Documentary category of the festival.The film is about Melina who lives with her grandparents after her moms and dads divorce.
She desires to be with her mother.
On her 9th birthday, she takes her custody case to court, wishing to select her custodian, unaware of the intricacies involved.The film is a really individual and touching story of a universal theme: a child who needs to find himself between two moms and dads who are fighting.In the movie, the nine-year-old primary character is durable, funny, and really authentic, as the films developer does not interfere in any way with the events.Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People began in 1997 as a vibrant and innovative celebration that would present quality European cinema to kids, adolescents, and young people, as well as to educators, moms and dads, and film enthusiasts, in the small provincial city of Pyrgos in the Region of Western Greece.After two and a half decades of consistent work in the field of kids and youth audiences, the celebration is recognized as the largest children and youth film organization in Greece, with strong film and audiovisual literacy activities and a clear concentrate on European content.Photo: A scene from In the Shadow of the CypressSS/SAB