Cinema Verite to judge 500 documentaries

A line up of over 500 documentaries are to be judged at the Cinema Verite Film Festival in Iran.

The secretariat of the 16th edition of the event announced that 614 works have been received among which 500 documentaries have been accepted for the national section.

The Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC) organizes the festival every year which showcases the very best of the documentary world to bridge the gap what they term between reality and truth.

Cinema Verite has several sections, including National, International, and Martyr Avini Prize, Entrepreneurship Documentary Competition, Coronavirus Special Section, Side Sections and commemorations.

The international section of the festival contains several non-competition sections such Special Displays, Mirror of a Festival, Portrait and Perspective of One Country Documentary Cinema.

This year’s edition of the event is scheduled for December.

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