Iranian feature animation ‘Release from Heaven’ wins its 10th ‘Best Animation’ prize, this time from the Venezuela five continents int’l film festival. The film picks a multi-layered storyline in which a female writer and teacher, Sareh, who has to accompany two of her students on a life changing journey to find their fathers, and is pursuing the hero of her childhood dreams, enters a strange adventure.
Having already bagged Best Animation awards from festivals in the US, UK, Canada, Italy, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Hong Kong and France, the flick this time snatched the top prize of the Venezuelan fest. The 2017 edition of the event was held November 25 to 28 in Venezuela.