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In The Shadow Of The Cypress
''In the Shadow of the Cypress'' () is a 2023 Iran, Iranian animated short film directed by Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani, produced by Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults and Barfak Animation Studio. The 20-minute film about Post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD premiered in the Orizzonti section of the 80th Venice International Film Festival in 2023. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 97th Academy Awards. Plot In this minimalistic, dialog-free tale, a former captain, suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, lives with his daughter in an isolated seaside house. One morning, the father destroys the house in a violent rage and shoves his daughter to the ground. She packs a suitcase and prepares to leave, but is interrupted when she steps outside and discovers a beached whale close to their home. The father and daughter attempt to rescue the whale by dragging it back into the water with their small motorboat, ...
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Hossein Molayemi
Hossein Molayemi (born 1982, Shiraz) is an Iranian animation director and designer. Life Molayemi graduated in painting from the Boys' Fine Arts High School of Karaj in 2000, earned a Bachelor's in Graphics from Soore University in 2006, and a Master's in Animation from the University of Art, Tehran, in 2010. In 2025, the short animated film "In the Shadow of the Cypress", which he co-directed with his wife, won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 97th Academy Awards. This achievement marked Iran's first-ever Oscar in animation history. Honors and Awards Career * Founder of Barfak Studio (established 2014) * Worked in 2D animation production at Haft-Nama Animation Company (Ghelghelak Studio), managed by Saeed Tarkhani (2003–2005) * Contributed to teasers and clips for the 20th Isfahan International Festival of Films for Children and Youth (2005) * Served as International Section Editor and Translator for the art quarterly ''Khat-Khati'' ...
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Melbourne International Film Festival
The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is an annual film festival held over three weeks in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1952 and is one of the oldest film festivals in the world following the founding of the Venice Film Festival in 1932, Cannes Film Festival in 1939 and Berlin Film Festival in 1951. Currently held in the month of August from 8th to 25th in 2024 and spanning events in the Melbourne CBD as well as inner-suburban and regional Victoria, MIFF screens films from both Australia and across the world to an audience of approximately 150,000. It is the largest film festival in both Australia and the Southern Hemisphere, and is the world’s largest showcase of new Australian cinema. The 2022 festival contributed Australian dollar, A$9.7 million to the City of Melbourne’s economy. Alongside its expansive and well-received film program, MIFF realizes its vision, “An enlightened, inclusive, engaged society through film”, via its renowned ...
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Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby image, still images are manipulated to create Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on cel, transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animation has been recognised as an artistic medium, specifically within the Entertainment#Industry, entertainment industry. Many animations are either traditional animations or computer animations made with computer-generated imagery (CGI). Stop motion animation, in particular claymation, has continued to exist alongside these other forms. Animation is contrasted with live action, although the two do not exist in isolation. Many moviemakers have produced Live-action animation, films that are a hybrid of the two. As CGI increasingly Photorealism, approximates photographic imagery, filmmakers can easily Compositing, composite 3D animations into their film rather than using practical effects for showy visual effects (VFX). ...
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Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animation has been recognised as an artistic medium, specifically within the entertainment industry. Many animations are either traditional animations or computer animations made with computer-generated imagery (CGI). Stop motion animation, in particular claymation, has continued to exist alongside these other forms. Animation is contrasted with live action, although the two do not exist in isolation. Many moviemakers have produced films that are a hybrid of the two. As CGI increasingly approximates photographic imagery, filmmakers can easily composite 3D animations into their film rather than using practical effects for showy visual effects (VFX). General overview Computer animation can be very detailed 3D animation, while 2D computer an ...
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