Tehran Cartoon Sessions

Iran’s Animation Industry Holds First-Ever Tehran Cartoon Sessions

The animation community in Iran’s capital city, Tehran, came together last week for Tehran Cartoon Sessions, a unique artist-driven event that took place over three evenings on September 17-19.

Organized by Hoorakhsh Studios and the art space Darbast Platform, the event offered six case studies of Iranian-produced animation projects: three professional films and three student films.

Rahgozar tells Cartoon Brew that the goal is to hold the event every six months, and that they plan to invite foreign artists to also participate in the sessions.

The six films that were presented in the inaugural Tehran Cartoon Sessions were:

The Switchman by Mehdi Khorramian
Icky by Parastoo Cardgar
Jamshid: A Lament fo A Myth by Moin Samadi
Ascribed Achievements by Samaneh Shojaei
The Servant by Farnoush Abedi
Hide and Seek by Mohsen Shokrtalab

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World Animation Celebration

Another edition of the World Animation Celebration has drawn to a close. Following two days packed with screenings, panels, speakers and much more, WAC 2017 has revealed the winners of its international animated short film and pitch competitions. The event was presented by Animation Libation Studios and Animation Magazine, hosted by Sony Pictures Animation in Culver City, California.

WAC 2017 Winners:

STUDENT FILM: 2D DIGITAL
1st – Siesta, Gabriel Arrellaga (Sheridan College, Canada)
2nd – Kupala Night, Joanna K. Stopyra, Sarah Marschman & Vesela Stamenova (Academy of Art University, San Francisco US)
3rd – The Other Side, Ching Cheng (Vancouver Film School, Canada)

PROFESSIONAL FILM: 2D DIGITAL
1st – swiPed, David Chai (US)
2nd – Jamshid: A Lament for a Myth, Moin Samadi (Iran)
3rd – Menage a Tetris for TEDx Sydney, Cam Blackley & Alex Derwin (Australia)

STUDENT FILM: 2D TRADITIONAL
1st – Inn, Junheng Chen (USC School of Cinematic Arts, US)
2nd – Danse Aqua, Cindy Foucault (Cégep du Vieux Montréal, Canada)
3rd – A Priori, Maïté Schmitt (Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg Animationinstitut, Germany)

PROFESSIONAL FILM: 2D TRADITIONAL
1st – Dear Basketball, Glen Keane (US)
2nd – Cop Dog, Bill Plympton (US)
3rd – Notes on Monstropedia, Koji Yamamura (Japan)

STUDENT FILM: CG
1st – In a Heartbeat, Beth David & Esteban Bravo (Ringling College of Art and Design, US)
2nd – Tom in Couchland, James Just (Ringling College of Art and Design, US)
3rd – Deuspi, Corentin Yvergniaux , Oscar Malet, Camille Jalabert, Quentin Camus, Leo Brunel(WIZZ Academy, France)

PROFESSIONAL FILM: CG
1st – Cuerdas, Pedro Solís García (Spain)
2nd – The Gift, Kohei Kajisa (Japan)
3rd – Playing House, Cenk Köksal & Özgül Gürbüz (Turkey)

STUDENT FILM: STOP MOTION
1st – Between Sand and Tides, Rui Fan Wang (Royal College of Art, UK)
2nd – Poles Apart, Paloma Baeza (National Film and Television School, UK)
3rd – Laymun, Catherine Prowse & Hannah Quinn (Kingston University, UK)

PROFESSIONAL FILM: STOP MOTION
1st – The Best Customer, Serghei Chiviriga (Romania)
2nd – Bitz – The Whippet Made from Random Stuff, James Pollitt (UK)
3rd – Until That Day, Satoshi Kitagawa & Katsumi Nagai (Japan)

STUDENT FILM: EXPERIMENTAL
1st – Delicatessen, Fenglin Chen (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, US)
2nd – Aeon, Derek O’Dell (Chapman University, US)
3rd – Eon, Nick Zweig (RIT School of Film and Animation, US)

PROFESSIONAL FILM: EXPERIMENTAL
1st – The Wayward Kite, Yuting Hsueh (Taiwan)
2nd – Glorious Victory, Will Kim (US)
3rd – Fistbird and the Handdragon, Ty Tuin (US)

• https://www.worldanimationcelebration.com/films

• http://www.animationmagazine.net/events/2017-world-animation-celebration-wraps-announces-winners/

Best Adaptation Award

BEST ADAPTATION AWARD

At the closing ceremony of 34th Tehran international short film festival Jamshid; a lament for a myth by Moin Samadi and Dashakol by Hajar Mehrani both won and shared the best adaptation prize.

Hat-trick for JAM!

In the 9th Iranian Cinema Celebration (Animation) Jamshid;a lament for a myth nominated in 6 category out of 7, best music, best art direction, best animate, best screenplay, best direction and best short film.

At the night of ceremony the film has won 3 awards for the best music by Milad Movahedi , best art direction by Faraz Shanyar and Moin Samadi and best short film by Moin Samadi.

FROSTBITE/Best Animation

FROSTBITE International Film Festival judges chose Jamshid; a lament for a myth as the Best Animated Short.

This is a festival by filmmakers, for filmmakers. FROSTBITE strives to protect the notion that students and Indie filmmakers can make the visions in their head a reality without huge budgets. They support the passion of filmmaking, and the adventure of it. Everyone who is passionate should have a chance to show their work to the world and prove themselves in order to make a difference. They are from Colorado Springs. Good luck for them.

10th Tehran Animation Festival

At the ceremony night of the 10th Tehran animation festival “Jamshid;a lament for a myth” won 2 awards.

“Jamshid” became the 3rd best film of the festival and best art direction award goes to Faraz Shanyar and Moin Samadi.