TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) � A member of Central Council of the Animated Film Association of Iran (ASIFA) has said 9 Iranian short animations will participate in Animation Day in Cannes.


Ali Nouri Oskouei who is also a member of Planning Council of Animation Day in Cannes told Mehr News that the first edition of ceremony of Animation Day had been held; �as a member of ASIFA (Iranian acronym), I have done my best to bring more Iranian works, with 9 short animations securing a place in the Animation Day,� he added.

��Little Boy� by Mona Shahi, �Butterfly Man� by Amir Mehran, �That�s Mine� by Maryam Kashkoulinia, �Tree� by Sareh Shafi�pour, �Me, My Wife, and Our Cow� by Azadeh Moezzi, �A Solution for a Simple Problem� by Behzad Rarahat, �Lost Doll� by Moein Samadi, �Weight of Being� by Hamid Bahrami, and �Once a Tree� by Sara Khalili will participate in the Animation Day in Cannes,� he added.���Behind the Gates of Heaven� by myself was honored by the selection board as the most famous project underway,� Oskouei said.

�All these animated works are ordered by International Festival of Resistance Art; despite the giants of the animation industry, Iranian aminations enjoy a majority in the event; some of these animated works have won trophies in other international festivals,� he told Mehr News.��A market in Cannes provides grounds for Iranian underway projects to absorb foreign investments; Amination Day in Cannes will be May 18,� he concluded.

By Mehr News Agency