Four Iranian animations to vie at Greece’s ICONA Festival
Four Iranian animated films produced by the Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC) have been selected to compete at the ICONA 2025 Contemporary Animation Festival in Greece, the center announced on Saturday. The selected titles are “Bug” by Ali Masoumi, “Sorrow” by Niloofar Naderi Tehrani, “The Season of Flying” by Shahang Kiani Rashid, and “Dejkak” by Azad Maroufi. Organized by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts at the Ionian University, the ICONA Festival showcases cutting-edge animated works from around the world, fostering creativity, innovation, and global dialogue through visual storytelling. The four films were submitted to the festival by the international division of DEFC. The seventh edition of the ICONA Festival will take place from November 13 to 16 at Ionian University, Greece.