Trust cinema For some time now, the release of the animated film “Smart Kid” has started at the international level, and it is interesting that it has been included in the screening list of Israeli cinemas since two weeks ago.
According to foreign media, this animated film, with Hebrew dubbing by Itamar Olyer, Rani Alon and Assaf Dagani, was released in Israeli cinemas under the name “Talking Tiger”.
But it seems that the screening of this film has faced obstacles in the country of Israel to the extent that the Red Cape distribution company, which distributes the children’s film in Israel, announced in a statement that it had bought this film from a French company and all The income of the film remains in Israel and is divided between the cinema and the Israeli broadcasting company, even in some accounts, the distributor of this film had to deny that the film is Iranian in response to the protests.
But according to our reports, the creators of “Smart Kid” animation have sold the film to a company in Malaysia, Malaysia has sold the film to a French company, and the Israeli broadcaster has bought the film from France.
What is the controversy about?
The story begins when an Israeli academic researcher wrote that Iran’s “Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents” played a role in the making of the movie “Smart Kid” and that one percent of its revenue is supposed to be spent on the children of Gaza, the distribution company of this movie. Even after this article was published in Israel, he called this claim “absolute delusion” and introduced Malaysia as the main source of its transmission.
The animation “Zarang Kid” has been introduced in Iran as one of the “best-selling” animations in the history of Iranian cinema and has been released in a number of other countries. Dynamic, it was released in Israel under the name “Talking Tiger”.
Hamed Jafari, the producer of the “Smart Kid” animation, had previously promised at the time of its release in Iran that one percent of its revenue would be allocated “to the children of Gaza and Iran”.
According to Kan Israel, this animated film has earned more than 15 million dollars and has been released in Turkey and Russia besides Iran and Israel.
According to the Israeli researcher of Haifa University, “Smart Kid” is prepared in two narratives; A version for release in Iran that includes “Shia messages”, and another version for the rest of the world.
The makers of Bacha Zarang have not yet reacted to this incident.