Trust cinema Considering the screening of about 40 films in the 43rd Fajr Festival Media Cinema, the short and documentary films entered into this year’s event will be screened only at artists’ houses.
Following the lottery of the screening time of the films of the 43rd Fajr Festival, which was held yesterday, Tuesday, January 25, at Homa Hotel, it is known that 37 fiction and animation films made it to the festival from February 12 to 21 in four sessions from They will be shown at Milad Tower (Media Cinema) at 10 am. In this schedule, a special section is also included for films that are not in competition, and with the finalization of that section, the fifth screening will be added to the screening schedule at 10:00 p.m. Beside the Milad Tower, a table should be considered, which is clear from now on, due to the intensive program of the festival in the national and special sections, there will be no opportunity for the media to watch these films.
In this regard, the manager of the short and documentary film department of Fajr Festival gave an explanation in response to the question whether short and documentary films will be screened at this year’s Fajr Festival or not.
Alireza Hosseini He stated: This year, due to the tight schedule of film screenings in Media Cinema (Milad Tower), another program has been considered for the screening of documentary and short films, because these two film groups have their place, and the right of documentary and short films is to be in the festival. Melli Fajr will be present, which I hope will be more prosperous every year.
He added: But due to the fact that short films and documentaries have a more specific and limited audience, and in the past few months, their works participated and were seen in the short festivals of Tehran and Hachit, in coordination with Mr. Shahsawari – the secretary of the festival – the result was that a The screening hall in the center of the city and in a cultural place should be considered for documentary and short films of the festival, in this way “Iranian Artists House” will host documentary and short works, and the schedule of screenings there will also be published in the coming days.
According to Absna, he reminded: There have been experiences in the past that when documentary and short films were screened at the palace festival, a small audience went to watch them, and this is normal because they have a special audience and in short film festivals in Tehran and Haqit They have watched movies. Anyway, there has always been a difference of opinion that short and documentary films should be in the National Cinema Festival (Fajr) or not, but the opinion of the majority of documentary and short films is that documentary and short films cannot be separated from national cinema because many The filmmakers have reached fiction cinema from this path, and a review of the present and past of Iranian cinema proves this claim.
In response to whether these films will have a press conference at the artists’ house or not, Hosseini said: “My request to the secretary and public relations of the festival is to establish a separate news section at the artists’ house for short and documentary films.” Short films and documentary films are the best support for the growth and promotion of Iranian cinema.