Tom and Jerry film animators amongst speakers at world renown Animex festival pioneered on Teesside
Leading lights from computer games industry will also take part in the annual event which will be held online once again due to the coronavirus pandemic
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Some of the world s biggest names in animation and computer games will share their industry knowledge at Teesside University’s internationally renowned Animex festival.
The film was written and directed by Aqsa Altaf. Ameena, a Muslim Pakistani immigrant, wakes up on Eid to find out that she has to go to school. Homesick and heartbroken, she goes on a mission to make Eid a public school holiday, and in the process, reconnects with her older sister, and embraces her new home, while her new home embraces her, reads the synopsis.
As the girl navigates a familiar time in an unfamiliar place, her inspiring story follows familiar corridors for immigrants; Pakistani or otherwise. Other films have similar tales, such as Hao Zheng s
Dinner is Served, which follows a Chinese student at an elite American boarding school.
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