Fajr 2020 unveils poster, motto

Iran’s Fajr film Festival has unveiled a poster and motto for its 38th edition.

The poster was unveiled by the festival’s secretary Ebrahim Daroghazadeh during a ceremony in Tehran on Thursday morning.

“With cinema, we stay together” was selected as the motto of this year’s edition of the festival and was also unveiled during the Thursday's ceremony.

The Fajr Film Festival coincides with the Ten-Day Fajr (Dawn) ceremonies across Iran, marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Since its establishment in 1982, the Fajr 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 every year.

The 38th Fajr Film Festival is set to kick off on February 1, 2020 and will run until February 11 in Tehran.

This is while the international version of the festival will be held in April 2020.

SQ/MG