Artists have long created pictures narrating events great and small. For example, thousands of years ago, anonymous cave dwellers drew images about animals they encountered. In the eleventh century, weavers continued that narrative tradition with the 70-meters-long Bayeux Tapestry, which documented the Norman conquest of England. A celebrated twentieth century example is Picasso’s “Guernica.” Now, Iranian filmmaker Ziba Arzhang carries on that tradition with “My Sardasht,” an iPhone animation about the 1980 Iraqi bombing of a small village in Iran.

AtVimeo.com we learn that “Ziba Arzhang is an independent filmmaker with a focus on animation and Documentary Animation Filmmaking. Ziba graduated from the Iranian Young Cinema Society (IYCS) and… has a B.A. in Handicrafts-oriented Batik Printing. [S]he is also a member of ASIFA, Iran’s Animation Filmmakers Association. Ziba has made independent short films that have been presented in more than thirty domestic and foreign festivals…[winning] seven national and international film awards…[S]he has also illustrated over forty books for children and teenagers.” You can see her “Peace Carpet” animation here and her LinkedIn profile here.

“My Sardhasht” was a finalist in the Caravan film competition. Caravan is an international peace building non-profit devoted to using the arts to build sustainable peace around the world. The organization believes that “the arts can serve as one of the most effective mediums to enhance understanding, bring about respect, enable sharing, and facilitate friendship between diverse peoples, cultures and faiths.”

The editors of MobileMovieMaking have chosen “My Sardasht” as a Mobile Movie of the Week.