Armine Anda’s The Song of Flying Leaves wins the prize of US Film Festival

Armenian director Armine Anda’s short animated film The Song of Flying Leaves was named the best animated film at the Arpa International Film Festival in Los Angeles.

The Song of Flying Leaves is the first Armenia-Iran animation, a co-production of Hoshkee Film (Armenia) and Hoorakhsh Studios (Iran). The script is written by famous filmmaker Roman Balayan.

The film tells about an encounter between Suna, a twelve-year-old girl who uses leaves as a blanket, and an old man who possesses secret knowledge. A reflection on friendship between a father and a daughter, a teacher and a student, an adult and a child, and the path that can turn the impossible into possible.