TEHRAN – The Iranian animated movie “Run Rustam Run” directed by Hossein Molayemi received awards at two international festivals held in Italy and Turkey last week.

The movie won the award for best animation at the Visioni Corte International Short Film Festival, which took place in the central Italian city of Latina from October 12 to 20.

“Run Rustam Run” was also named third best animation at the 12th Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Films Festival that was held from October 20 to 27.

Produced at Barfak Studio, the animated film tells the story of Rustam, a main character of Persian poet Ferdowsi’s epic masterpiece Shahnameh, who travels into the future and comes to Tehran in 2017.

Photo: A poster for the Iranian animated movie “Run Rustam Run” by Hossein Molayemi.

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