According to Khabaronline news agency, the closing ceremony of the 18th Iranian International Documentary Film Festival lasted less than three hours, had a regular rhythm and professional performance. In the following note, we mention 5 important points in holding this event.
5. The closing ceremony of the 18th International Iranian Documentary Film Festival “Cinema-Ghekrit” had a more attractive tone and style than the previous one. Each segment was short and concise, and none of the characters’ speeches took long. The closing ceremony started 30 minutes late. It was also due to waiting for Seyyed Abbas Salehi, the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, to enter the ceremony. Mr. Wazir, who was unable to go to the Charso campus during the festival, stayed in the Vahdat Hall from the beginning to the end and was the main spectator of the closing of the festival.
4. The short lectures, each of which took about 5 minutes to listen to, were among the closing points of this course. Mohammad Hamidi Moghadam is one of the few teachers who reads his words from paper, fluently and with minimal errors. Raed Faridzadeh, the next speaker of the ceremony, spoke clearly and fluently, and Mr. Wazir also spoke briefly and concisely. Except for Sam Kalantari and Mohammad Kart, the winners did not take much time from the audience. Sam Kalantari’s speech, which started with a reference to Mohammad Hamidi Moghadam’s sentence: “A documenter is a watcher”, was accompanied by applause and approval from the audience.
3. In these years, Mohammad Motamedi and Salar Aghili have been the constants of many festivals and events. But Ali Qamsari and his group have rarely been seen in the festival atmosphere, they had a special and spectacular performance on Sunday night. Qamsari performed several pieces, all of which were performed in the silence of the audience, the harmony of the group and the nature of the pieces, which were both traditional and happy, were attractive to the audience present in the hall. The applause of the audience in the hall showed the success of this group.
2. Mohammad Selouki, the host of the closing ceremony, although he had some mistakes, he took control of the atmosphere. As always, he was dignified and measured. He didn’t talk long and didn’t bother the audience by providing useless information. Another advantage of the closing ceremony was its simple and beautiful scene, the use of multiple screens, the coordination of images and sounds. Obvious things that are sometimes not observed in the country’s festivals. In the last five years, the closings of the “Cinema-Ghekrit” festival have had standards that have been repeated and modeled on Fajr Film Festival or even second-rate festivals.
1. It should be respected for the family of Iranian documentary cinema. The Hall of Unity Hall was full of people. Not a crowd that has been selected and came to the hall with a plan. The family of Iranian documentary cinema, like the days of the festival, were next to the 18th “Cinema-Ghekrit” festival. The nominees and award winners stayed in the hall until the end of the ceremony. They, who were empty handed from receiving the statue, clapped for the chosen ones. The winner and the candidate sat together and unlike the fictional cinema and for example the Fajr Film Festival, the candidates did not leave the hall. This is one of the most important differences between documentary cinematographers and the rest of the Iranian cinema family, and perhaps this is what gives identity and prestige to the “Cinema-Ghekrit” festival.
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