Ammar Int'l Popular Filmfest opening ceremony in pictures

The inauguration ceremony for the 8th edition of the Ammar Popular Film Festival has been held on Wednesday December 27, 2017, in Tehran.

The Ammar Popular Film Festival goes against promotion of “individualism and extreme enjoyment without caring about the society's troubles and other human suppression,” the event’s official website noted.

The festival also enjoys an international version (AIPFF) which aims “to raise real awareness and responsibility among the general public,” the AIPFF website read, adding, "the event’s mission is to create an atmosphere in which independent filmmakers and thinkers can gather together."

This edition of the event is set to come to an end on January 5, 2018.

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