2nd Iran Open-Air Int’l Film Festival calls for entries

The 2nd edition of Iran Open-Air International Film Festival has called for entries.

The event’s aim is fostering cultural interaction and exchange among filmmakers from Iran and around the world.

Organized by the Mowj-e Fakhteh Cultural and Artistic Institute, the festival has been established with a focus on screening films in open-air settings.

The festival places special emphasis on creative artistic approaches as well as the promotion of travel, tourism, and nature-oriented culture in its selection of works by providing a platform for the growth and advancement of modern Iranian cinema.

Its objectives include identifying and introducing young talents and emerging filmmakers, helping to enhance the standing of Iranian cinema, creating a platform to showcase cultural and social capacities related to travel and ecotourism, and strengthening hope, dynamism, and cultural and social vitality.

The main themes of the second edition of the festival are road movies, travel and tourism, adventure and nature tourism, the environment, and ecosystem-based subjects.

The festival will be held in two main sections: Iranian Cinema and International Cinema; and some side sections, including student films, a boot camp, and specialized cinema workshops.

The festival welcomes short fiction, documentary, animation, experimental films, and immersive works such as AI-based and virtual reality productions.

Founded and presided over by Saeed Nejati, with Siavash Cheraghipour serving as secretary, the second Iran Open-Air International Film Festival will be held in September in north of Iran.

Filmmakers in this event camp in the heart of nature with backpacks on their shoulders and sit in the open air watching each other's short and feature films.