HAJAR'S WEDDING
Original title: Baroon Miad Jar Jar
Design/ Directed by: Mahin Javaherian
Animator: Niloofar Akrami
Poems: Based on folkloric poems
Edition: Saeed PourEsmaeili
Narrator: Melika Hosseinzadeh
Composers: Abbas Dabirdanesh, Omid Fathollahi
Sound & Mix: Changiz Sayyad
Blowup to 35mm negative: Kanoon Studio
Laboratory: Filmsaz Studio
Production Manager: Mohammad Toloo'
Executive Director: Mohammad- Reza Karimi-Saremi
Production Company: KANOON (Institute for the Intellectual
Development of Children & Young Adults)
June 2008, Cartoon (pastille on paper)/ 2D Computer: blowup to 35mm negative, Color, Optic, Screen Ratio 1:1.37, Mono, 8min.
Synopsis:
A simple melodic narration with a poetic abstractive content relating Iranian culture, traditions, and customs especially depicting wedding ceremonies in a folkloric cultural frame
Festivals:
• Busan International Kids' Film Festival (BIKI) 13-17 August 2008, South Korea (Invited Short Films (Non-Competition))
• 7th Hida Int'l Animation Festival (Competition Festival), 6 Dec., 2008, Japan
• FIFEJ (Sousse Int'l Film Festival), 22-28 March 2009, Tunisia (Non-Competition Section)
• Zlin 49th International Film Festival for Children and Youth, 31 May- 7June 2009, Czech Republic (Competition of Short Animated Films for Children)
• 7th Paris Cinema International Film Festival, 3-14 July 2009, France (Non-competition)
• Sicaf ( Seoul Int'l Cartoon & Animation Fest), 22- 26 July, 2009, South Korea ( for kids and their families)
• 26th Annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival, 22 Oct., 1 Nov., 2009, USA
• 5th Seattle Int'l Children's Film Festival, 22-31 Jan., 2010, USA (Films for Families) and on 19 Feb., 2010 Screen for School
• Australian Cinémathèque, Jan., 2010, Australia (Special Screening)
• REDCAT International Children's Film Festival, 27 Feb., 7 March 2010, USA
• Martha's Vineyard 7th International Film Festival, March 2010, USA
• Seattle Int'l Film Festival USA, 20 May 13 June 2010, USA (Best Animation In a Program of Films for Children and Youth)
• Festival International de Wissembourg, 15-23 Nov., 2010, France (Competition Section)
• 19e Festival Cinéma d'Asie de Vesoul, Feb., 2013, France
• Tricky Women Animation Festival, 6-10 March 2013, Austria (Special Screening)
• 43rd Nouveau Cinéma, 8-19 Oct., 2014, Canada (Kanoon's selections)
• 33ième Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski, 23-27 Sep., 2015, Canada (Special Screening for Kanoon's Films)
• 20th Regard International Short Film Festival, 16-20 March 2016, Canada
Awards:
100.000 Yen Cash Award at 7th Hida Int'l Animation Festival for the best animation, Japan, 2008.