Finnish Film Week to be held in Iran

Iranian cities of Tehran, Isfahan and Mashhad have been scheduled to host Finnish Film Week.

Iran’s Art and Experience cinematic group will hold the event in collaboration with Finnish Film Foundation and the Finnish embassy in Iran.

The program is set to offer the screenings of nine feature films and seven short films from the Finnish cinema.

The CEO of the Finnish Film Foundation Lasse Saarinen, Jaana Puskala, in charge of the international promotion and the cultural export project support for feature films, as well as a Finnish filmmaker and a Finnish producer will be the special guests of the event.

The Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran, Hoveyzeh Cineplex in Mashhad, and City Center Cineplex in Isfahan will play host to the program.

Iranian and Finnish filmmakers will hold three workshops on filmmaking in the three Iranian cities on the sidelines of the film week.

To be opened on September 28 at the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran, the week-long film event will come to an end on October 4.

MG/AG