Some 27 countries participate at 100-Sec film festival

Filmmakers from 27 countries have participated at the 11th edition of 100-Sec Film Festival at Tehran's Azadi Cineplex.

The 11th edition of 100-Sec Film Festival screened about 400 films from 27 countries, with the festival being held from February 22-24 in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

Noting that the theme of the event was on ethics, secretary of the festival Ali Qorbani said, “Today, more than ever, we need to promote moral values in the society.”

Qorbani, who organizes art and literary events for the Art Bureau, which is affiliated to the Islamic Development Organization, referred to the unethical culture in driving and in issues of the environment and added, “The society needs to be cautioned and we try to do so via cinema.”

The 2017 edition of the event sent films on screen in three categories of Ethic and Lifestyle, Ethic and Work, and Ethic and Resistance Economy.

“We received 1,744 works, including 1,548 films in Ethic and Lifestyle, 140 films in Ethic and Work and 56 in Ethic and Resistance Economy,” the secretary also noted.

In the international section, the event secretariat received 1,970 films from 101 countries, of which 59 films from 27 countries were selected.

The festival is running at the Azadi Cineplex located at the intersection of Beheshti and Vozara streets, for three days.

The closing ceremony will be held on Friday at Andisheh auditorium of Hozeh-Honari (Art Bureau), located at the intersection of Hafez Avenue and Taleqani Street, when awards of the event - the festival statuette, honorary diploma, and $3,000 to three films selected by the jury - were presented to the winners.

Every year, hundreds of short films are selected for the festival from among some 2,000 films that are submitted to the event's secretariat.

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