Year 7 — Issue 13 — Spring 2025
Cinema, Shahnameh & World Awards
Includes an interview on Shahnameh & Game of Thrones, analysis of The Brutalist,
Guillermo del Toro’s directing style, films that redefined cinema, Oscar 2025 coverage,
PES’s surreal worlds, FLOW’s historic win, Ne Zha 2 review, poetic imagery in animation,
and a review of Sean Baker’s Anora.
Year 6 — Issue 12 — Autumn 2024
Short Animation, Pahlevanan & Film Music
Oscar-nominated short animations, interview with Vartan Sahakian on film music,
behind-the-scenes of Pahlevanan, postcolonial read of Disney protagonists,
augmented reality tourism, animation aesthetics, and Pahlevanan’s global potential.
Year 6 — Issue 11 — Spring 2024
AI, Festivals & Stop-Motion
AI & animation session, comparative study of Kurosawa & remakes,
interview with Hamid Mohammadi on stop motion, Tehran Animation Festival,
Propp’s method for animation scripts, Disney protagonists, ASIFA elections,
challenges of animation production, Plato’s cave-inspired animation, and The Magic of Seeing.
Year 5 — Issue 10 — Autumn 2023
Neorealism & Global Cinema
Italian & Indian Neorealism studies, Venice festival coverage, LAIKA’s Wildwood,
interviews on entering top studios, graphic design in animation, and puppet-making in Iran.
Year 5 — Issue 9 — Spring 2023
Oscars, Armatures & Stop-Motion
Interview with Antonio Oliveira (armature), Irish Goodbye review, Chista Tajour’s felt art,
Everything Everywhere All at Once analysis, del Toro’s Pinocchio, Oscar-winning shorts,
and guides for starting stop-motion in Iran.
Year 4 — Issue 8 — Autumn 2022
Oscar Race & Iranian Stop-Motion
Overview of Oscar animation race, Tehran festival report, review of The House,
Latin American highlights at Annecy, documentary Where the Winds Die,
DreamWorks news, and interview with Nasseh Sobhani on Iranian stop-motion.