TEHRAN – Two Iranian animated films, both directed by Mona Shahi, won awards at the Veterans Film Festival (VFF), which was held in Canberra, Australia from October 13 to 15.

“The Little Boy” won the Red Poppy Award for best animation.

The movie is about the residents of a city who evacuate their hometown upon repeated warnings by the army about the danger of a time bomb. However, a little orphan boy disregards the calls as he wants to finish doing something.
 
Amir-Hossein Jalili won the the Red Poppy Award for best composer for his collaboration on Shahi’s another animation “The Red Line”.

The film is about a turtle and a salamander who are friends in a war zone, but after the war they are separated by a red line as the border.

“Hyena Road” by Paul Gross from Canada received the Red Poppy Award for best international feature film while “The Carter” by David Bradbury won the award for best Australian feature film. 

The Veterans Film Festival is an annual event, dedicated to sharing stories that explore real or imagined perspectives, in and out of war.

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