According to Kanoon General Directorate for Public Relations and International Affairs, Iran pioneer animation artists along with younger talents have started making these films. They are presented during coming months to those who are interested in Kanoon cinematography.
According to Vice President of Production, the contract is signed for 23 of the animations; five animations are at the stage of contract being signed and three others are at the stage of final consideration.
Mohammad Reza Karimi Saremi mentioned some outstanding Iranian animators that their films are at various stages of production. Mahin Javaherian with “With What?”, Abdollah Alimorad with “Substitute”, Seid Alireza Gholpaighani with “My Garden’s Friend”, Maryam Kashkoulinia with “Eleventh Step”, Ravanbakhsh Sadeghi with “Uninvited Guests”, Nahid Shams Doust with “I Wish I Had a Brother”, Hossein Safi with “Three Pots”, Rashi Kheiriyeh with “Bird, Boy, Train", and Mohammad Ali Soleimanzadeh with “One Day a Dragon”.
According to Karimi Saremi there are directors such as Amir Hossein Mehran with “Lovely Sky”, Fatemeh Goudarzi with “Hush, We Have a Plan”, Lida Fazli with “Bang, Bang”, Masoumeh Mehdipour with “Up there, Down Here”, Mohammad Moghadam with “The Happiest Seat of the World”, Samaneh Asadi with “A Gift for You”, Farnoush Abedi with “Poison Spary”, Hoda Esnoashari with “Let’s Go to Bazar”, Hossein Moradizadeh with “Gilgamesh”, Amir Hossein Saharkhiz with “Me, Hedgehog, and My Doll”, Saadat Rahimzadeh with “My Beautiful Lollipop” on the list.
The names of the following animation directors can be seen on the list: Shiva Sadegh Asadi with “Crab”, Morteza Naieji with “Chubby Anger” , Mehdi Khorramian with “Arash, the Archer”, Sadegh Javadi with “Autumn Winds, Spring Winds”, Fatemeh Sohani with “South Girl”, Azadeh Moeezi (no name yet), Fatemeh Jafari with “Being Ten”, Amir Mehran with “Lovely Sky”, Ahmad Soflaei with “A City Made of Gold”, Mehrdada Akhavan with “The Little Bird”, Alireza Kavian Rad with “Siavash”, Nazanin Sobhan Sarbandi with “Dulcimer”.
Deputy Minister of Production explained that the titles of some of the animations is temporary and they may get changed later.
The production of four films of “With What”, “Crab”, “Autumn Winds, Spring Winds” and “Eleventh Step” has recently completed.
Amid of all that, the Tehran 12th International Animation Festival is on the way. Most directors are trying to prepare their films to be screened in this international competition.
This festival will be held in March 2021 in Tehran if the situation of corona outbreak improves.
