Fajr Festival names 28 films to vie

The secretary of the 35th edition of the Fajr Film Festival has announced that 28 out of 94 Iranian movies submitted to the secretariat have been chosen for competition section.

The 28 movies have been qualified by the jury after 45 days of hard work, the event secretary Mohammad Heidari said during a press conference in Tehran on January 6.

This edition of Fajr Film Festival is slated to begin on January 31 and will continue for ten days.

Established in 1982, the Fajr Film Festival is an event that celebrates cultural exchange, displays creative achievements of highly acclaimed cineastes and pays tribute to local and international films.

Since its establishment, the Fajr International Film Festival has played a vital role in the development of Iranian Cinema.

Supervised by Iran’s Ministry of Culture, the festival hosts veteran directors and new filmmakers from Iran and across the world every year.

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