Dutch filmmaker to master class in Iran

Dutch cinematographer and director Claire Pijman has been scheduled to hold a master class on cinematography at the 12th edition of the Cinema Verite, Iran’s major documentary film festival, in Tehran.

Mostly known for her acclaimed documentary films 'Talking Guitars' and 'Foot on the Moon', Pijman is a graduate of the Netherlands Film and Television Academy (NFTA).

She will hold the master class on December 10.

Cinema Verite plans to review films from German-speaking nations in a special program this year.

A lineup of documentaries produced by German, Austrian and Swiss filmmakers in 2017 and 2018 will be screened in the program.

Soureh in Isfahan, Shahid Avini in Bushehr, Setareh Baran in Tabriz, Howzeh Honari in Sari, and Golestan in Shiraz as well as Charsou in Tehran are the cinema halls to host the event.

Organized by the Documentary and Experimental Film Center, the first edition of Cinema Verite was held in 2007.

Over the past decade it has emerged as one of the important events on Iran's documentary film calendar.

The Cinema Verite aims at protecting the nation's identity, promoting creative documentary, reinforcing the link between documentary cinema and social facts and events, introducing new global developments in documentary cinema, providing financial support for documentarians by distributing and screening their works in other festivals and removing hurdles to film production.

The 12th edition of the Cinema Verite is slated for December 9-16, 2018.

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