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Pear Garden

Best Short Student Animation Shadab Shayegan Germany, Animation, Persian (Farsi), 00:07:04

Six-year-old Lily visits her grandma, who underwent a mastectomy and lost her breasts, in her grandma’s pear garden. Lily is confused by her grandma's changed appearance upon arrival. At night, she discovers that her grandma's shadow still has breasts. Lily follows the shadow as it leaves through the window while her grandma is sleeping, guided by her own shadow. On her journey, she finds a tree with breast-like fruits and thinks she has found replacements. Lily picks two, but upon returning, they turn out to be pears. Disappointed, she throws them away, causing them to break. By observing the broken pears, finally she finds a solution; Lily takes the seeds and places them on her sleeping grandma's scars, hoping they'll grow into breasts.

Pear Garden
Film block: STUDENT ANIMATION / ON LOVE AND ANXIETY
Screening:
Palace of Culture Pernik, Hall 2
  • Language Persian (Farsi)
  • Country Germany
  • Genre Animation
  • Scriptwriter Shadab Shayegan
  • Producer Shadab Shayegan
  • Music Periklis Liakakis
  • Editor Revan Sarikaya
  • Cast Cheshmeh Ebrahimzadeh, Nava Hemyari, Shahin Taslimi
  • Year of creation 2024
  • Duration 00:07:04
Shadab Shayegan
Director Shadab Shayegan

Shadab Shayegan, born in Tehran, Iran. At 18, she moved to Vienna to study music composition at the University of Performing Arts. While experimenting with composing sounds, she discovered her interest in combining images with sounds, which led her to explore animation. This passion inspired her to join the Animation and Painting class at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. To further develop her skills, Shadab pursued Animation Directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany. There, she worked on her diploma film "Pear Garden," which was longlisted for BAFTA student award.

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