Iranian short animations to be screened at Italy’s Int’l Cartoon Club Festival
Two Iranian short animations, ‘Jiroft’ and ‘The Splint,’ produced by Iran’s Documentary, Experimental and Animation Film Center (DEFC), will be showcased in competition at the 41st International Cartoon Club Festival in Rimini, Italy.
The event runs from July 12 to 18 across various venues in the city, ILNA reported.
According to a statement from the center, Cartoon Club is among Italy’s most important festivals dedicated to animation, comics, and gaming. It offers a platform primarily focused on short animations, including narrative, educational, experimental, and computer graphic works.
In addition to film screenings, the festival features exhibitions, educational and social projects, workshops in local schools, and publishes related books and catalogs.
Both ‘The Splint,’ directed by Mehdi Sedighi, and ‘Jiroft,’ by Marjan Keshani, have garnered multiple international appearances prior to this event.
The festival’s venues span from Rimini’s historic city center to its coastline, providing a varied cultural backdrop for the diverse programs.