Tehran International Animation Festival

The Tehran Animation Festival, affiliated with the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, is held every year in the month of Esfand. For the first time, the festival’s logo design has changed, and the little figure known as the animation festival’s character has been placed at the beginning of the word Tehran due to its similarity to the English “T“; because the animation Festival is better known outside Iran’s borders as the “Tehran” festival.

Different sections of the festival

The festival is held in four sections: “Competition“, “Out of Competition“, “Special Screening“, and “Panorama“.

Awards and Judging

The jury of the Iran and International Competition section will award prizes including golden, silver, and bronze statuettes to the first to third films. Also, golden, silver, and bronze statuettes, the special jury prize, and the festival secretary’s special prize will be awarded to the best film, direction, screenplay, animator, student thesis, television work, promotional work, experimental film, technical and artistic achievement, setting design, music, sound design, feature work, etc.

According to this report, the works in the Out of Competition section are of equal value to the works in the competition section and are screened for reasons such as non-compliance with competition section regulations, membership of one of the creators on the jury panel, and the completion of the competition section’s required capacity.

The “Special Screening” section is formed in a non-competitive manner in order to provide a dynamic arena for the exchange of experience and ideas among artists and to create a suitable ground for evaluating the standing of Iranian works in comparison with works from other countries. A selection of top works from various global festivals and a review of works from a specific school or style are among the items that will be screened in this section.

Accordingly, the screening of works in the “Panorama” section, emphasizing educational and informational aspects, takes place in a non-competitive manner with selections from productions of various countries, focusing on topics such as introducing emerging talents, explaining the position of animation in promotional works, and reviewing the works of a filmmaker.

The secretariat of this festival, in the general regulations of this call, emphasized registration via the website at www.tehran-animafestival.ir and announced that it only accepts submitted films that bear a tracking code.