Iranian animator and film director Shirin Sohani and Iranian animator Hossein Molayemi pose in the press room with the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film for "In the Shadow of the Cypress" during the 97th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 2, 2025. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)