According to Khabar Online, at the same time, the secretary of the festival, Manouchehr Shahsavari, introduced seven members of the selection board of the Iranian cinema department, and the most important point at first glance is the elimination of the dominance of government managers in this composition compared to cinematographers.
Rana Azadivar (actress), Arash Khoshkho (journalist and film critic), Saeed Sohaili (writer, director and producer), Munir Qedi (writer and director), Hossein Karmi (cultural director), Mahmoud Gabarlou (media expert and film critic) and Mohammadreza Mesbah (producer) There are seven movie personalities who are going to be selected by Manouchehr Shahsawari to choose the composition of the films of the 43rd Fajr Film Festival.
According to the statistics presented regarding the composition of works applying for participation in the festival and the presence of two female filmmakers as directors and 4 female cinematographers as producers, now and with the presence of two female cinematographers (Monir Ghaidi and Rana Azadivar) in the composition of the selection committee, the importance of presence The number of women in this year’s festival has doubled.
Another thing to think about is that, unlike the previous years when the composition of the selection board was mainly made up of government managers, this year there is no director from the body of the cinema organization in the selection board, and Hossein Kerami is practically the only person in the composition of the selection board with a history of cultural management. After many years, the festival will witness a completely cinematic composition and not just a government-management one.
The third point is the presence of two veteran journalists and film critics among the members of the selection board. Mahmoud Gabarlou, a veteran critic and presenter, and Arash Khoshkho, the editor of Haft Sobh newspaper, are two representatives of the media among the members of the Fajr 43 selection committee, so that there is more hope for a more specialized selection of works and the quality consistency of the works in the competition section.
Another thing to think about is that, unlike the previous years when the composition of the selection board was mainly made up of government managers, this year there is no director from the body of the cinema organization in the selection board, and Hossein Kerami is practically the only person in the composition of the selection board with a history of cultural management. After many years, the festival will witness a completely cinematic composition and not just a government-management one.
Also, one of the other features of the early announcement of the selection board was to prevent speculation and marginalization for the festival. In the past years, an incident had become a place of media speculation, and this year, the composition of the selection committee and the jury of the advertising competition was announced without any margin, so that the atmosphere of the festival could operate in peace, and it gave rise to the hope that the festival will continue without any margin. And conventional speculation can manage its various parts.
Considering the features mentioned above, the hope is that, as stated in the text of the decree of the festival secretary Manouchehr Shahsaviri addressed to the members of the selection board, the 43rd festival will be a place to discover new talents and the dynamics of Iranian cinema.