Iranian stand at Cannes Fest to honor late Iran producer

Late-great Iran film producer Ali Moallem is set to be honored at Cannes Film Market's "Iranian Cinema Umbrella."

A media report said on Saturday that the centralized stand presenting Iranian movie productions will host a ceremony in the presence of several Iranian cinema managers as well as the country’s cineastes attending the latest edition of Cannes Film Festival.

Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, Seifollah Samadian, Peyman Jafari and Mohammad Reza Abbasi are among the filmmakers and actors present at 70th Cannes Filmfest.

The film market is the business counterpart of the Cannes Film Festival with latest edition of the later slated for May 17-28 in the French city of Cannes.

Earlier on, the manager of Iranian Cienma stand at Cannes Film Festival was quoted by the media as saying that Iran has a significant presence at the French-based fest, adding that 5 films will be screened at the event along with a special tribute to the late Iranian director Abass Kiarostami, who passed away in July 2016.

Amir Esfandiari added that a total of 9 film distribution companies, including Shahid Avini and FilmIran, at Iran umbrella stand are active in the Cannes Film Market.

Newly demised Iranian producer Ali Moallem was one of the most respected figures in Iran movie production.

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