Fajr festival lists nominees for Art & Experience section

The Fajr Film Festival has selected 16 movies to participate in the Art and Experience (non-competitive) section of the festival.

Participating movies at the 35th edition of the Fajr festival will enjoy special support by the Art and Experience group, with active venues selected as the Charsou, Kourosh, and Iranian Artists Forum.

The following films have been selected to participate in the festival’s Art and Experience section: Kazem Mollaei’s ‘Koupal’; ‘The Eyes’ by Mehran Mahdavian; Asghar Yousefinejad’s ‘The House/She’; ‘Another Time’ by Nahid Hassanzadeh; Alireza Rasoulinejad’s ‘Scenes from a Detective’s Life’; ‘Violinist’ by Mohammad-Ali Talebi; Abbas Amini’s ‘Valderama’; ‘Number 17 Soheila’ by Mahmoud Ghaffari; Kaveh Sabbaghzadeh’s ‘Italy, Italy’; ‘Trauma Red’ by Esmail Mihandoust; Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian’s ‘The Midday Even’; ‘Negar’ by Rambod Javan;  Ali Fakhr Mousavi’s ‘Autumn Memories’; ‘Suffocation’ by Fereydoun Jeyrani; Fatemeh Saghafi’s ‘Biography’; and ‘The Place’ by Seyed Mehdi Ahmadpanah.

Fajr Festivals are held annually in Iran during the Fajr Decade (literally meaning ten days of dawn), which marks the anniversary of the ten days from the return of Imam Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic, to Iran (February 1) until the victory day of the Islamic Revolution (February 11) in 1979.

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 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 screening sessions will last for 8 days from February 2 – 9.

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