TEHRAN -- “Princess of Rome”, an animation that chronicles the life of the Roman emperor’s granddaughter, Malika, the mother of the 12th Imam of Shias Imam Mahdi (AS), will premiere in Tehran on November 4.

“A painting competition with the central theme of the animation in the three sections of character, plan and film location has been arranged for students,” producer Hamed Jafari told the Persian service of MNA on Saturday.

Jafari said that students are the main audience of the film. “Students aged 9 to 15 are the major audiences and that is why we chose school time to screen the animation, and now are negotiating to invite students to watch the film in schools”.

“A team of designers are busy designing posters and brochures for the film and like international animations, ‘Princess of Rome’ will also have several posters, which will be unveiled at different times,” the director of the film Hadi Mohammadian said.

“The previous poster designed for the Fajr Film Festival focused on an adult audience while the new ones will center on children considering the love story hidden inside the film,” he added.

The animation had its premiere in Tehran in February 2015 during the 33rd Fajr International Film Festival and received two honorable mentions.

Musician Arya Aziminejad, Editor Hassan Ayyubi and director of voice actors Nasser Tahmasb are cooperating in the project.

“Princess of Rome” tells how Malika, who was the daughter of Yusha, the son of the Roman emperor, was brought to Samarra, where she married Imam Hassan al-Askari (AS), the 11th Imam of the Shia.

Photo: A poster for “Princess of Rome”

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