THE ROTATION (2020, Iran)
Animation, Student Film
Running Time: 7 min
LOS ANGELES PREMIERE / NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT ANIMATED FILM AWARD
Director: Hazhir As’adi
Writer: Hazhir As’ adi
Animator & Supervisor: Rashid Abedin
Adviser: Ahmad Farsad
Logline: There will be a war between two nations, living on two sides of a mountain, in order to seize the sun.
Synopsis: There is a war between two tribes on claiming the sun in the sky. As a result of that war, the sun annihilates and the volcano erupts. Those two tribes now are dead and a new sun is made, both by that lava. Several centuries will pass and the humans are still in a war to claim the sun in the sky.
Notable Screening & Awards: 35th Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (USA 2020), 32nd Girona Film Festival GFF (Spain 2020), 23rd Annual Arpa International Film Festival (USA 2020), 17th Cheongju International Short Film Festival (South Korea 2020), 12th Oregon State International Film Fest (USA 2021), 12th NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (USA 2020).