Urmia to host Fajr Film Festival

One of the movie theaters in the Iranian province of West Azarbaijan is scheduled to play host to Fajr Film Festival.

The 35th edition of Iran’s Fajr Film Festival will be held at Iran Cinema Theater in the city of Urmia, West Azarbaijan Province.

The cinema will display 16 titles of the festival during two separate show times in the morning and in the afternoon every day.

Urmia is the second largest city in East and West Azerbaijan and the capital of West Azerbaijan Province.

Fajr Festivals are annually held in Iran during the Fajr Decade (literally meaning ten days of dawn) which marks the anniversary of the ten days from the return of Imam Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic, to Iran (February 1) until the victory day of the Islamic Revolution (February 11) in 1979.

Established in 1982, 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, Fajr International Film Festival has played a vital role in the development of the 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.

The screening sessions will last for 8 days from February 2 until February 9.

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