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Starvation

Zahra Rostampour
Iran, 2018, 7 min.

In No Dialogue.
This film is family friendly.

AIFF Award Winner:
Best Animated Short

A hungry wolf gets stuck in stereotypes about being the big bad wolf of the story. She has to flee when everybody accuses her to violence and murder. She faces the danger of getting killed.

Director's Statement

Starvation is a 7 minute short animated film about stereotypes which cause misconceptions and shows the world leaders greed and corruption will bring nothing but poverty and starvation to the lower class of society.

Category: Animation, Award Winner.
Themes: Identity, Women, World Cinema.

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