Two Iranian films shine in Albanian festival
Iranian animated films, ‘The Lovely Sky’ and ‘Being Ten,’ won awards at the 14th International Film Festival for children and teenagers, known as AniFestROZAFA, held in Albania.
‘The Lovely Sky,’ directed by Amir Mehran, won the Best Film Award in the eight-year-old age group. In addition, the animation, ‘Being Ten,’ directed by Fatemeh Ja’fari, received the Special Prize for Best Animated Film at the Albanian festival, IRNA reported.
Both films, produced in 2021 and 2023, belong to the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults.
Organizers of the children and youth film festival believe that through cinema, young audiences can recognize their rights and enhance their cultural curiosity.
In this edition of the AniFestROZAFA, only short films for children and youths were selected and judged. A panel of 23 judges, aged eight to 12, appointed by the European Children’s Film Association, evaluated the films in competition.
Previously, the animation, ‘What With,’ directed by Mahin Javaherian, had participated in the 11th edition of the festival in 2020.