Djafar: Le Petit Iranien (1968)
Ali Akbar Sadeghi — Rokh (1974)
Abbas Kiarostami — Ghazieh Shekle Aval…Shekle Dovvom (1980)
An incredible all-star cross section cast of characters..
Gayle Thomas — A Sufi Tale (1980)
An animated short film from The National Film Board of Canada: This animated film is based on an old Persian parable. The inhabitants of a village learn to overcome their fear of the unknown. The benefit of their new-found knowledge is demonstrated. The black-and-white images are reminiscent of German wood-cuts.
Noureddin Zarrinkelk — The mad mad mad world (1975)
35mm, Black & white, 3.5’, Produced for Kanoon
Noureddin Zarrinkelk — A Playground For Baboush
See previous Noureddin Zarrinkelk post
F. Doostdar — The Courtyard of the Adl Afagh School (1977)
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Read more about this and other politically motivated childen’s books in Niloofar Mahdian’s (of the Children’s Book Council of Iran) presentation of her paper Children’s Literature in a Revolutionary Era.
Noureddin Zarrinkelk for UNICEF
In 2006, UNICEF released the ‘Top 10 Cartoons for Children’s Rights’, as selected by polling broadcasters and communicators, to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Cartoons for Children’s Rights is a UNICEF broadcast initiative that aims to inform people around the world about children’s rights. So far, the effort [...]
Ali Akbar Sadeghi — Malek Khorshid (1975)
Magical Shahnameh inspired animation produced for Kanoon.
Farshid Mesghali for Kanoon
Miscellaneous posters for the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (Kanoon). Mesghali worked for the institute creating posters, films, children’s books and illustrations from 1968-1978.
The History of Children’s Literature in Iran
An ongoing research project headed by NGO The Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature in Iran (IRHCLI). The project was founded in 1997 and is to be ten volumes upon completion, the first seven of which have already been published. More information at payvand.
Kanoon Film Posters
Ebrahim Haghighi(1974)
Farshid Mesghali (1971)
Abbas Kiarostami and Morteza Momayez (1989)
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From the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (Kanoon).
(Sorry for water damage)