Jury at UK Festival Honors Animated Short "Madas"

The animated short "Madas" received an Honorable Mention at the Hastings Rocks International Film Festival in the United Kingdom.

The short animation "Mahdas" won an honorable mention award from the Hastings Rocks International Film Festival in England.

According to Ambassador Arjan, citing the public relations of the work, the short animation "Mahdas" with a script by Bahman Abdullahi and directed by Mina Sadat Hosseini, has succeeded in attracting the attention of the jury of the British Hastings Rocks festival in its second world appearance.

Focusing on genre cinema, fantasy and experimental works, the Hastings Rocks festival hosts films from around the world and has dedicated an independent competition section to animation.

"Mahdas" is the story of a farmer who tries to revive his dry farm in the age of machines and industrial pollution and reflects environmental concerns through the language of imagination with a fantasy approach.

The fifth edition of the Hastings Rocks International Film Festival will be held from October 30 to November 1, 2026 (November 8 to 10, 1405) in the city of Hastings, England, and this animation has already received an honorable mention award from the festival.

Other factors of "Mehadas" are animator and concept designer: Mina Sadat-Hosseini, editor: Marzieh Shojayan, sound: Wafa Ibn Ali (thanks to Mohammad Hossein Ebrahimi), project manager: Bahman Abdullahi, producers: Mina Sadat-Hosseini and Roya Sadat-Hosseini, worldwide distribution: Msideview Films.