Hasta La Motion!

Immigration is a new chapter in one’s life, a chapter with unexpected events that can take one’s life down paths different from the one imagined. This film is an autobiographical account of the director’s experience with immigration. ‘Scent of Geranium’ is this week’s Staff Pick Premiere! Read more about it here: https://vimeo.com/blog/post/staff-pick-premiere-scent-of-geranium AWARDS Winner, Audience Award, Best short animated, San Francisco Independent Film Festival, 2017 Winner, Best Student Director, San Francisco Frozen Film Festival, 2017 Finalist, 60th CINE Golden Eagle, USA,2017 Finalist, Heartland Film Festival , Indianapolis, 2016 Winner, Special Mention, International Short film Festival Oberhausen, Germany, 2017 Winner, Best film, Elephant Programme, Animateka Festival, Slovenia, 2016 Winner, 2nd place, student Films, 47th ASIFA East Animation Festival, NY, 2016 Winner, Faculty Award, School of Film and Animation, RIT, 2016 Winner, Designation in Fine art – Adobe Achievement Award, 2016 Special Jury Award, New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans, 2016 Semi Finalist, Iranian Film Festival, San Francisco, 2017 Jury Special Mention, Festival du film court en plein air de Grenoble,France, 2017 Winner, Best animated Short Film, Hong Kong Art-house Film Festival, 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: 63rd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany, 2017 25th Anima Mundi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2017 ITFS- 24th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, Germany, 2017 Tricky Women Festival, Austria, 2017 Savannah Film Festival , Savannah, 2016 Mosaic World Film Festival Animaphix International Animation Festival, Sicily, Italy, 2017 San Francisco Frozen Film Festival, San Francisco, 2017 30th Leeds International Film Festival, Leeds, UK, 2016 Manchester Animation Festival, UK, 2016 Animation Block party, Brooklyn, 2016 Sydney World Film Festival (summer edition), Australia 2017 18th San Diego Asian Film Festival , San diego, 2017 TAAFI, Toronto Animation Arts Festival International, Toronto, Canada,2016 Anibar Animation Festival, Albania, 2016 Documentarist Istanbul Documentary Days, Istanbul, Turkey, 2017 57th ZLÍN FILM FESTIVAL, Czech Republic, 2017 La Guarimba International Film Festival, Italy, 2017 Northwest Animation Festival, Oregon, 2017 VAFI – International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival Varaždin, 2017 Albuquerque Film & Music Experience (AFME), New Mexico, 2017 Universe Multicultural Film Festival, CA, 2017 The West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival, 2017 Columbus International Film and video Festival, Ohio, 2017 Animac, Mostra Internacional de Cinema D’Animacio’ de Catallunua, 2017 Montclair Film Festival, New Jersey, 2017 Athens International Film and Video Festival, Ohio, 2017 Festival du film court en plein air de Grenoble, France, 2017 Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art , Ukraine, 2017 Drawtastic’s 2D or not 2D Animation Festival, Seattle,WA, 2017 VOID – International Animation Film Festival Reggio Film Festival, Italy, 2016 Peace Builder Film Festival, New Delhi, India, 2016 Orlando Film Festival, 2016 Manhattan Independent Film Festival, New York, 2016 South Texas Underground Film Festival,2016 RIT Honor Show, Rochester institute of Technology,NY, 2016 Euro Fest, European International Film Festival,St. Petersburg, Russia 2016 Iranian Film Festival Zurich , 2016 Immigration film Festival, DC, 2016 Athens ANIMFEST, Athens, Greece, 2016 Anifilm, Troben , Czech Republic, 2016 Golden kuker-Sofia” Festival, Bulgaria, 2016 Doc Sunback Film Festival, Mulvane, Kansas, 2016 Film Score and Scruffy City Film & Music festival, Knoxville, TN, 2016 Capital City Film Festival, Lansing, MI,2016 La Feminista Series, Los Angeles, CA, 2016 Vaughan Film Festival, Vaughan, Canada, 2016 Los Angeles CineFest, CA, 2016