Ammar filmfest to open earlier

The 8th edition of the Ammar Popular Film Festival has been set to be inaugurated sooner than usual on December 27, 2017.

The previous editions of the festival used to be launched on December 29, but this year, the officials decided to open the event two days earlier.

The Ammar Popular Film Festival goes against promotion of “individualism and extreme enjoyment without caring about the society's troubles and other human suppression,” the event’s official website noted.

The festival also enjoys an international version (AIPFF) which aims “to raise real awareness and responsibility among the general public,” the AIPFF website read, adding the event’s mission is to create an atmosphere in which independent filmmakers and thinkers can gather together.

The 8th edition of the festival is scheduled to be held from December 27, 2017, to January 5, 2018, in Tehran.

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