36th Fajr Film Festival reveals full competitive lineup

The 36th edition of the Fajr Film Festival has revealed the full list of competing films at the main competition section.

The selection committee has chosen 22 features, two documentaries and one animation, from the 67 submitted titles, for the main competition lineup. The full list is as follows:

‘Dark Room’ by Rouhollah Hejazi

‘Emperor of Hell’ by Parviz Sheikh-Tadi

‘Amir’ by Nima Eqlima

‘Bomb’ by Peyman Moadi

‘In the Levant Time’ by Ebrahim Hatamikia

‘Aboughoraib Strait’ by Bahram Tavakkoli

‘Old Road’ by Manijeh Hekmat

‘Nostalgia Celebration’ by Pouria Azarbaijani

‘Istanbul Intersection’ by Mostafa Kiaei

‘Don’t Be Shy’ by Reza Maqsoudi

‘Woodpecker’ by Behrouz Shoeibi

‘Underwater Cedar’ by Mohammad-Ali Bashe-Ahangar

‘Misunderstanding’ by Ahmad-Reza Motamedi

‘Aflame’ by Hamid Nematollah

‘Cold Sweat’ by Soheil Beiraqi

‘The Elephant King’ (animation) by Hadi Mohammadian

‘Dirty Work’ by Khosrow Masoumi

‘Truck’ by Kambozia Partovi

‘Lottery’ by Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian

‘Mahoura’ by Hamid Zargar-Nezhad

‘Confiscation’ by Mehran Ahmadi

‘Rusty Little Brains’ by Houman Seyyedi

‘Highlight’ by Asghar Naeimi

‘Lady Qods of Iran’ (documentary) by Mostafa Razaq-Karimi

‘Women with Gunpowder Earrings’ (documentary) by Reza Farahmand

Established in 1982, the Fajr International Film Festival celebrates cultural exchange, displays creative achievements of highly acclaimed cineastes and pays tribute to local and international films.

Since its establishment, the Fajr International 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 and across the world every year.

The 36th edition of the Fajr Film Festival is slated for February 1-11, 2018, in Tehran.

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