According to Khabaronline news agency, citing the public relations of the Center for the Development of Documentary, Experimental and Animated Cinema, on the afternoon of Monday, December 12, 6 days before the start of the 18th International Documentary Film Festival of Iran “Truth Cinema”, Raed Faridzadeh, the head of the cinema organization, along with Mehdi Shafiei, the vice president of development. and the organizational resources of the cinema organization, attended the center for the development of documentary, experimental and animation cinema, and while meeting and talking with the festival’s secretary, Mohammad Hamidi Moghadam, and being informed about the implementation process of this period, they visited the headquarters.
The head of the cinema organization participated in the meeting of the policymaking council of the 18th “Cinema-Ghekrit” festival and heard the report of the secretary and the tips of the council members about the features of this period and the works.
At the beginning of this meeting, Mohammad Hamidi Moghadam presented a report on the 18th “Cinema-Gegurit” festival. In a part of this report, he emphasized the diversity of works, attention to the institution of the family and the issues of the country and the world today in this period, and focusing on the training of documentary filmmakers and students. did
Hamidi Moghaddam, thanking the support of Seyed Abbas Salehi, the Minister of Culture, Islamic Guidance, and the Cinema Organization of the Center for the Development of Documentary, Experimental and Animated Cinema, as the trustee of the “Truth Cinema” festival, calls for special attention to documentary cinema as a recorder of events and a wing of thought and art, in It became Iranian cinema.
Referring to the importance of thought and innovation in documentary cinema, Raed Faridzadeh, the head of the Cinema Organization, said: “Truth Cinema” festival, as a specialized event, was able to reach its 18th edition, which shows the prosperity of Iranian documentary cinema. A movie that has attracted a large, independent, demanding, critical and wise audience regardless of the mood of the day and the conflict. It is important that the 18th “Truth Cinema” festival is held in a high-quality and interactive atmosphere.
He continued: The family of documentary cinema considers the “Cinemavegetir” festival as its home. This credit should be used for the benefit of the growth of this cinema, the widening of the audience, attention to the production and distribution of works in the national and international form. I hope this period of the festival will show the power of Iranian documentary cinema and the crystallization of new talents.
The 18th International Iranian Documentary Film Festival “Cinema-Ghekrit” under the direction of Mohammad Hamidi Moghadam will be held from December 18 to 25 in Charso campus.
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