religious animation; From overwork to neglect / We have many capacities – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news

In an interview with Mehr reporter, Hossein Farzadi, the producer and director of the animation field, said about the production of short animations: We have been active in various fields over the years, but in a field like Arbaeen, this is the fifth year that we have produced and presented works in the form of animation.

He continued: In the first year, we had the short animation “Love means reaching you”. In the second year of the animation “Journey of Love” and in the third year, which coincided with the spread of Corona, we also made “Naib al-Ziyareh”. Last year we produced the animation “Moment of Meeting” and this year we had “Your Land” as well. Each of these short animations dealt with one of the events related to Arbaeen.

Farzdi said: In the animation “Your Land” that we produced this year, we discussed the theme that people of all nationalities are present in the Arbaeen procession. 2 of the country’s most powerful praisers, Mr Poyanfar and Helali also accompanied us in the production of this work and from the design characters We also used them in the animation.

This animator said about the focus of his group of artists on the production of special animations: We have produced both special works and free productions. Until now, our activities were in the field of short animations, and these days we are working on a long animation; An animated series that is going to be released for the Fajr decade.

He stressed about the lack of productions related to special occasions: the situation has improved significantly in the last few years, but there is still room for more work. Not only in the field of animation, but also in the field of real work, we have seen good events in recent years. But as you know Unfortunately Unlike some occasions, such as Fatemiyah and Muharram, where we witness the abundance of artistic groups, on some occasions not even a single work is produced. For example, until today about Imam Kazem (A) Very few works have been produced.

Farzdi added: “Even today, we have a suitable children’s animation about Hazrat Reza (A) we don’t have For this reason, we have defined our activity space in the area of ​​children’s audiences. We have tried to complete things as far as we could. The work capacity in this field is very large.

This animation producer and director emphasized: The reality is that animation is not a fast-yielding product, and from the point of view of production groups, it is considered a costly and low-income activity. Many cultural collections are oriented towards quick work, but animation is basically the field early return is not.

He said about children’s feedback on religious animations: what I have seen so far, Alhamdulillah, has been very positive. Animation is a dynamic product. Some of the kids who were the audience of our works years ago, grow up with them and it’s really fun for us to meet them. Fortunately, television has also increased their effectiveness by broadcasting these kinds of works.

Farzadi reminded: Our animations have been seen mostly in the virtual space in these years. These works are targeted from the beginning are Their broadcasting platform is not limited to television. Our intention was not to focus on one broadcast platform and we had also thought about other platforms such as social networks thanks God We also got good feedback.