Romanian festival to screen ‘I’m Not Alice but Here Is Wonderland’

Iran’s animated short film, ‘I’m Not Alice but Here Is Wonderland,’ is set to take part in the 17th International Festival of TV Broadcasters and Independent Producers, known as SIMFEST, in Romania, September 14-20.

Directed by Mahdieh-Sadat Ahmadi-Soleimani, the film is about “a girl who is involved in the problems of her time and at the end she surrenders to the birds of her painting.”

According to ifilmtv.com, the animation was previously awarded at the Queen Palm International Film Festival in the US.

The animation was nominated for the Special Award at the 2020 Religion Today Film Festival in Italy, slated for September 23-30.

The SIMFEST is a TV festival–competition, “The only one of its kind in Romania and one of the few in Europe,” according to an online submission platform.