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Our Uniform (2023)

Our Uniform poster
Original title
یونیفرم ما
Directed by
Yegane Moghaddam
Genre
animation, documentary
Country
Iran
Runtime
7 min
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A stop-motion animated short film. The director uses fabric from her own hijab to animate memories of growing up in Iran. It reflects on her experience of wearing the hijab as a school uniform.

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What happens

Our Uniform is a 2023 Iranian stop-motion animated short film written, directed, and produced by Yegane Moghaddam. The film documents Moghaddam's experience with hijab, using the hijab itself as a canvas for animation. The film was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 96th Academy Awards but lost to War Is Over!. In 2026, Moghaddam made Our Uniform available to watch fully on her official Vimeo channel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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