TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – Short animated piece ‘Run, Rostam, Run’ by Hossein Molayemi has been accepted into the competition section of three more international film festivals in South Korea, Ukraine, and UK.

The festivals include the Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival, scheduled for 23-26 August in South Korea; LINOLEUM International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival, scheduled for 6-9 September in Ukraine; and Drunken Film Festival slated for 14-21 July in the United Kingdom.

‘Run, Rostam, Run’ is a 2D animated piece depicting the Persian national hero Rostam who must travel to the future to Tehran in order to make up for what he has done to his son. Once he gets to Tehran, he doesn't know whether to choose the legal or illegal way to achieve his objective.

The animated short film has recently won the award of distinction from Edukino film festival in Poland.

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