Iranian Artists Forum to screen animated short Oscar winners and nominees

TEHRAN,Dec.16(MNA) – Twelve short animated movies, which were nominated for an Oscar or won the award in the years between 2007 and 2012, will be screened at the cinematheque of the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) on Monday. Among the movies are “Paperman” (2012) by U.S. director John Kahrs Paperman, “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” (2011) by U.S. directors William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, “The Lost Thing” (2010) jointly directed by Andrew Ruhemann from England and Shaun Tan from Australia, “Logorama” (2009) by French director François Alaux and Hervé de Crécy, “The House of Small Cubes” (2008) by Japanese director Kunio Kato, and “Peter & the Wolf”, a joint production of Poland, Britain and Norway by British director Suzie Templeton. A panel of critics including Ahmad Arabani and Bahram Azimi will review the animations after screening.