According to Khabaronline news agency, Seyyed Abbas Salehi emphasized that the audience space for documentary cinema should be widened, regardless of the art and experience group, and added: Institutions can relate films that fit their mission to the audiences around them. The cinema organization should also investigate how to expand the audience of documentary cinema. Documentary cinema has found its audience with a variety of themes and techniques, and the necessary platforms for showing films must be provided.
According to IRNA, in response to a question about the non-screening of one of the films in the festival, he explained: Our basis in the “Truth Cinema” festival was loyalty to the judges’ opinion. If a producer decided to withdraw his film, the rules required us to do so. We will defend the work that was in the festival until the last moment because the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance is directly responsible for this incident.
Regarding the documentary film budget, Salehi said: Organizations and institutions can use their social responsibility budget in this area. Good communication has been established to use the social responsibility budget.
In response to the question that the festival was the achievement of which government, he added: The preparations for this festival were made in the 13th government. But in these two quarters, things have happened in approaches and paths that have been confidence building. Some documentary makers who thought that their film would not be released came to the Truth Festival with more desire.
The Minister of Culture also said about “Two Degrees Less” campaign: Social issues help us to have empathy. The invitation is an opportunity to show a social empathy. So far, we have seen the participation of some artists and they will help more in the coming days.
The closing ceremony of the 18th International Truth Film Festival was held on the evening of Sunday, December 25 at Vahdat Hall.
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