The Story of an Eternal Loneliness
Solitude
3D Animation / 10 min / Producer, Writer & Director
Synopsis
Eternal loneliness and efforts to get rid of it.
Credits
Writer & Director: Mehrdad Sheikhan
Executive Producer: Mehrdad Sheikhan
Character Designer: Mehrdad Sheikhan
Technical Director: Behzad Rajabipour
3D Animator: Behzad Rajabipour
Layout Design: Mehrdad Sheikhan
Environment Design: Leyla Dorrani
3D Modeling: Alireza Ranjbar Shoorabi
3D Texture: Alireza Ranjbar Shoorabi
Lighting Design: Saeed Hagh Zare
Background Design: Saeed Hagh Zare
Additional VFX: Saeed Hagh Zare
Compositing: Behzad Rajabipour
Music Composer: Hossein Alizadeh
Sound Designer: Behrouz Shahamat
Production Company Our Darkroom Film
Technical Info
Orginal Title: Tanhaee ( تنهایی )
English Title: Solitude
Running time: 10 minutes
Technique: 3D animation
Genre: Narrative Philosophical
Country: Iran
Language: Farsi
Release Date: may, 2008
Award & mention
– The VFX award from Jaipur Animation Festival – 2011 (India)
– Best animation award from Jaipur Animation Festival – 2011 (India)
– Best Short Animation award in Tiburon International Film Festival – 2010 (USA)
– Best Animated Movie award in the Iran Cinema Celebration – 2010 (Iran)
– Best Directed of Animation award in the Iran Cinema Celebration – 2010 (Iran)
– Best Sound Editing award in the Iran Cinema Celebration – 2010 (Iran)
– Nominated for best short film in Irpen film festival – 2010 (Ukraine)
– Seven nominees for all awards of the Iran Cinema Celebration – 2010 (Iran)
– Best Animation award in International Panorama of Independent Filmmakers – 2009 (Greece)
– Best Animation award in Free Net World international film festival – 2009 (Serbia)
– Best Animation award in ZOOM – ZBLIŻENIA International Film Festival – 2009 (Poland)
– Best 3D Animation award in Banja Luka International animated film festival – 2009 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
– The prize of the Special mention of the film in Kratkofil Int. short film festival – 2009 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
– Golden award in Tehran International Animation festival – 2009 (Iran)
– Second place in animation category of Formula Mundi International Film Festival – 2009 (Germany)
– Nominated for best short film in Fajr international film festival – 2009 (Iran)
– Best Short Film award and the Petra Award in Jordan Short film festival – 2008 (Jordan)
– Best Animation award in Tehran 25th International Short Film Festival – 2008 (Iran)
– Best Sound Editing award in Tehran 25th International Short Film Festival – 2008 (Iran)
– The free subject animation award in Malescorto international short film festival – 2008 (Italy)
– Second place of the event’s Authors section in Matita international film festival – 2008 (Italy)
– Nominated for animation award in Izmir international short film festival – 2008 (Turkey)
– Special mention in Sefton Short Film Festival – 2008 (UK)
Festivals participation and screening
– Jaipur International Film Festival – 2011 (India)
– Appledore Visual Arts Festival – 2010 (UK)
– A-TUBE short film contest – 2010 (Italy), Solitude
– Golden Knight international film festival – 2010 (Russia)
– Irpen film festival – 2010 (Ukraine)
– Zanzibar International Film Festival – 2010 (Tanzania)
– View Conference International computer and graphic conference – 2010 (Italy)
– Wimbeldon short film festival – 2010 (UK)
– Tiburon International Film Festival – 2010 (USA)
– Llanberis mountain film festival – 2010 (UK)
– London Iranian Film festival – 2010 (UK)
– Naoussa International Film Festival – 2010 (Greece)
– Nathional celebration of cinema house – 2010 (Iran)
– NAFF International Animated Film Festival – 2009 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
– Nickel Independent Film Festival – 2009 (Canada)
– Ljubljana International Short Film Festival – 2009 (Slovenia)
– Tindirindis International animation film festival – 2009 (Lithuania)
– TRICKFILM 16th International festival Stuttgart – 2009 (Germany)
– Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival – 2009 (Canada)
– ZOOM – ZBLIŻENIA International Film Festival – 2009 (Poland)
– Cine Fiesta international film festival – 2009 (Puerto Rico)
– CinemadaMare International Itinerant Film Festival – 2009 (Italy)
– Dawn Breakers International Film Festival – 2009 (USA)
– 3continentals International Film Festival – 2009 (France)
– Ankara International Film Festival – 2009 (Turkey)
– Anima’est International Animation Film Festival – 2009 (Romania)
– AsterFest film festival – 2009 (Macedonia)
– Athens Animfest – 2009 (Greece)
– KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival – 2009 (Netherland)
– Kratkofil, International Short Film Festival – 2009 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
– KROK International Animated Film Festival – 2009 (Ukraine)
– FILMINI International Short Film Festival – 2009 (Bulgaria)
– Short Film Review – 2009 (Poland)
– Panorama International of Independent Filmmakers – 2009 (Greece)
– Formula Mundi International Film Festival – 2009 (Germany)
– Steps international rights protection film festival – 2009 (Ukraine)
– Free Net World international film festival – 2009 (Serbia)
– Fajr International Film Festival – 2009 (Iran)
-Tehran International Animation festival – 2009 (Iran)
– I Castelli Animati International animated film festival – 2009 (Italy)
– IGV Fest International Guerrilla Video Festival – 2009 (Ireland)
– Banjaloka International animated film festival – 2009 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
– Animasyros International Animation Festival – 2008 (Greece)
– Braunschweig International Film Festival – 2008 (Germany)
– CineEco International Environmental Film and Video Festival – 2008 (Portugal)
– Exground filmfest – 2008 (Germany)
– Filmstock 9th international film festival – 2008 (UK)
– Izmir international short film festival – 2008 (Turkey)
– Jordan Short film festival – 2008 (Jordan)
– Marbella Film Festival – 2008 (Spain)
– Malescorto international short film festival – 2008 (Italy)
– Matita film festival – 2008 (Italy)
– Sefton Short Film Festival – 2008 (UK)
– Platforma video film festival – 2008 (Greece)
– Tehran International Short Film Festival – 2008 (Iran)
Mehrdad Sheikhan’s interviews
- Philosophising with Animation
Javan newspaper – October 23, 2010
- Regarding the animation ‘Solitude’
Emtiaz newspaper – August 10, 2009
Critique and Analysis
“This short film had a certain philosophical brightness. It was an expression of a very important contemporary philosophy topic, existential wisdom. This is not an everyday life issue or something we often see in the vast universe of animated pictures. It cannot be ignored either. The animated project ‘Loneliness’, by Mehrdad Sheikhan and with an original music by grandmaster Hossein Alizadeh, is a valuable, humane and philosophical film…”
Massood Razavi Faghih / Etemad newspaper – March 14, 2009
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“The animation ‘Loneliness’, by Mehrdad Sheikhan, is without a doubt the most successful Iranian animation in history if you look at the number of credible international awards it has won…It’s a very special and valuable cinematic work that demonstrates the possibilities of expanding ideas in visual spaces in a different way…”
- Philosophizing with Animation
Izad Mehrafarin / Javan newspaper – October 23, 2010
The Story of an Eternal Loneliness
Solitude
3D Animation / 10 min / Producer, Writer & Director
Synopsis
Eternal loneliness and efforts to get rid of it.
Credits
Writer & Director: Mehrdad Sheikhan
Executive Producer: Mehrdad Sheikhan
Character Designer: Mehrdad Sheikhan
Technical Director: Behzad Rajabipour
3D Animator: Behzad Rajabipour
Layout Design: Mehrdad Sheikhan
Environment Design: Leyla Dorrani
3D Modeling: Alireza Ranjbar Shoorabi
3D Texture: Alireza Ranjbar Shoorabi
Lighting Design: Saeed Hagh Zare
Background Design: Saeed Hagh Zare
Additional VFX: Saeed Hagh Zare
Compositing: Behzad Rajabipour
Music Composer: Hossein Alizadeh
Sound Designer: Behrouz Shahamat
Production Company Our Darkroom Film
Technical Info
Orginal Title: Tanhaee ( تنهایی )
English Title: Solitude
Running time: 10 minutes
Technique: 3D animation
Genre: Narrative Philosophical
Country: Iran
Language: Farsi
Release Date: may, 2008
Award & mention
– The VFX award from Jaipur Animation Festival – 2011 (India)
– Best animation award from Jaipur Animation Festival – 2011 (India)
– Best Short Animation award in Tiburon International Film Festival – 2010 (USA)
– Best Animated Movie award in the Iran Cinema Celebration – 2010 (Iran)
– Best Directed of Animation award in the Iran Cinema Celebration – 2010 (Iran)
– Best Sound Editing award in the Iran Cinema Celebration – 2010 (Iran)
– Nominated for best short film in Irpen film festival – 2010 (Ukraine)
– Seven nominees for all awards of the Iran Cinema Celebration – 2010 (Iran)
– Best Animation award in International Panorama of Independent Filmmakers – 2009 (Greece)
– Best Animation award in Free Net World international film festival – 2009 (Serbia)
– Best Animation award in ZOOM – ZBLIŻENIA International Film Festival – 2009 (Poland)
– Best 3D Animation award in Banja Luka International animated film festival – 2009 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
– The prize of the Special mention of the film in Kratkofil Int. short film festival – 2009 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
– Golden award in Tehran International Animation festival – 2009 (Iran)
– Second place in animation category of Formula Mundi International Film Festival – 2009 (Germany)
– Nominated for best short film in Fajr international film festival – 2009 (Iran)
– Best Short Film award and the Petra Award in Jordan Short film festival – 2008 (Jordan)
– Best Animation award in Tehran 25th International Short Film Festival – 2008 (Iran)
– Best Sound Editing award in Tehran 25th International Short Film Festival – 2008 (Iran)
– The free subject animation award in Malescorto international short film festival – 2008 (Italy)
– Second place of the event’s Authors section in Matita international film festival – 2008 (Italy)
– Nominated for animation award in Izmir international short film festival – 2008 (Turkey)
– Special mention in Sefton Short Film Festival – 2008 (UK)
Festivals participation and screening
– Jaipur International Film Festival – 2011 (India)
– Appledore Visual Arts Festival – 2010 (UK)
– A-TUBE short film contest – 2010 (Italy), Solitude
– Golden Knight international film festival – 2010 (Russia)
– Irpen film festival – 2010 (Ukraine)
– Zanzibar International Film Festival – 2010 (Tanzania)
– View Conference International computer and graphic conference – 2010 (Italy)
– Wimbeldon short film festival – 2010 (UK)
– Tiburon International Film Festival – 2010 (USA)
– Llanberis mountain film festival – 2010 (UK)
– London Iranian Film festival – 2010 (UK)
– Naoussa International Film Festival – 2010 (Greece)
– Nathional celebration of cinema house – 2010 (Iran)
– NAFF International Animated Film Festival – 2009 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
– Nickel Independent Film Festival – 2009 (Canada)
– Ljubljana International Short Film Festival – 2009 (Slovenia)
– Tindirindis International animation film festival – 2009 (Lithuania)
– TRICKFILM 16th International festival Stuttgart – 2009 (Germany)
– Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival – 2009 (Canada)
– ZOOM – ZBLIŻENIA International Film Festival – 2009 (Poland)
– Cine Fiesta international film festival – 2009 (Puerto Rico)
– CinemadaMare International Itinerant Film Festival – 2009 (Italy)
– Dawn Breakers International Film Festival – 2009 (USA)
– 3continentals International Film Festival – 2009 (France)
– Ankara International Film Festival – 2009 (Turkey)
– Anima’est International Animation Film Festival – 2009 (Romania)
– AsterFest film festival – 2009 (Macedonia)
– Athens Animfest – 2009 (Greece)
– KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival – 2009 (Netherland)
– Kratkofil, International Short Film Festival – 2009 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
– KROK International Animated Film Festival – 2009 (Ukraine)
– FILMINI International Short Film Festival – 2009 (Bulgaria)
– Short Film Review – 2009 (Poland)
– Panorama International of Independent Filmmakers – 2009 (Greece)
– Formula Mundi International Film Festival – 2009 (Germany)
– Steps international rights protection film festival – 2009 (Ukraine)
– Free Net World international film festival – 2009 (Serbia)
– Fajr International Film Festival – 2009 (Iran)
-Tehran International Animation festival – 2009 (Iran)
– I Castelli Animati International animated film festival – 2009 (Italy)
– IGV Fest International Guerrilla Video Festival – 2009 (Ireland)
– Banjaloka International animated film festival – 2009 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
– Animasyros International Animation Festival – 2008 (Greece)
– Braunschweig International Film Festival – 2008 (Germany)
– CineEco International Environmental Film and Video Festival – 2008 (Portugal)
– Exground filmfest – 2008 (Germany)
– Filmstock 9th international film festival – 2008 (UK)
– Izmir international short film festival – 2008 (Turkey)
– Jordan Short film festival – 2008 (Jordan)
– Marbella Film Festival – 2008 (Spain)
– Malescorto international short film festival – 2008 (Italy)
– Matita film festival – 2008 (Italy)
– Sefton Short Film Festival – 2008 (UK)
– Platforma video film festival – 2008 (Greece)
– Tehran International Short Film Festival – 2008 (Iran)
Interviews
- Philosophising with Animation
Javan newspaper – October 23, 2010
- Regarding the animation ‘Solitude’
Emtiaz newspaper – August 10, 2009
Critique
“This short film had a certain philosophical brightness. It was an expression of a very important contemporary philosophy topic, existential wisdom. This is not an everyday life issue or something we often see in the vast universe of animated pictures. It cannot be ignored either. The animated project ‘Loneliness’, by Mehrdad Sheikhan and with an original music by grandmaster Hossein Alizadeh, is a valuable, humane and philosophical film…”
Massood Razavi Faghih / Etemad newspaper – March 14, 2009
.
“The animation ‘Loneliness’, by Mehrdad Sheikhan, is without a doubt the most successful Iranian animation in history if you look at the number of credible international awards it has won…It’s a very special and valuable cinematic work that demonstrates the possibilities of expanding ideas in visual spaces in a different way…”
- Philosophizing with Animation
Izad Mehrafarin / Javan newspaper, October 23, 2010