Iran fest announces doc section lineup

The 8th Ammar Popular Film Festival has announced final lineup for documentary competition section.

The qualified documentaries for various sections of the festival have recently been announced by the secretariat of the event.

Some 145 documentaries are to compete at the documentary competition section.

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 notes.

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 that 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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