20TH edition NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 2, 2023
20th edition
November 24 to December 2, 2023
Abdollah Alimorad was born in Tehran in 1947, and has always been attracted to painting and working with his hands. After obtaining his high school diploma, he enrolled at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts. Back in Tehran, he attended the Kanoon School of Animation, founded by Noureddin Zarrinkelk. Once qualified, he began working at the schoo, where he had various responsibilities on numerous projects, and started producing his own body of work. Appreciated both at home and internationally, among many prizes he won the Grand Prix for Best Short Film of Cannes Junior at the Festival de Cannes for Bahador (2001).
A programme of three short films:
After a cooling system breakdown, a spaceship must land in a watermelon field, much to the consternation of a farmer and his donkey.
Throughout the spring and summer, two white birds have plenty to eat. With the coming of autumn, food becomes scarce and they have to wander into a swampland.
A camel turns the millstone in the old mill. One day, the animal falls sick. How can the miller replace the camel?
Director Abdollah Alimorad
Producer Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults, Kanoon
Screenwriter Abdollah Alimorad, Ebrahim Forouzesh
Cinematographer Mohammad-Rahim Bakhtiari
Production Designer Abdollah Alimorad
Art Director Abdollah Alimorad
Editor Mohammad-Reza Alimorad, Hassan Hassandoust, Mohammad Nasseri
Sound Behrooz Shahamat, Changuiz Sayyad, Mehrshad Malakouti
Music Bahram Dehghanyar, Fardin Khalatbari
Colour Colour
Production Company Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults, Kanoon
International Sales Company DreamLab Films
Founded by His Majesty King Mohammed VI in July 2002, the Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation is a non-profit organization of public interest.
Presided over by His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the Foundation has as its primary objective the organisation of the Marrakech International Film Festival and any related events, all of which aim to encourage the creation, promotion, and distribution of works of cinema throughout the Kingdom of Morocco and around the globe.
Founded by His Majesty King Mohammed VI in July 2002, the Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation is a non-profit organization of public interest.
Presided over by His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the Foundation has as its primary objective the organisation of the Marrakech International Film Festival and any related events, all of which aim to encourage the creation, promotion, and distribution of works of cinema throughout the Kingdom of Morocco and around the globe.