Fajr Film Festival announces nine films on fourth day

Nine films are to be screened at the fourth day of Fajr International Film Festival in Milad Tower and Mellat multiplex.

Mohammad Kart’s ‘Advantage’ is to be displayed in the documentary section at Milad Tower.

‘Kupal’ by Kazem Molaee is another movie to go on the silver screen at Iran’s most important cinematic event.

Other movies of the fourth day of the festival in Milad Tower include ‘Abajan’ directed by Hatef Alimardani, Alireza Davoudnejad’s ‘Ferrari’ and ‘Sophie and the Beast’ by Mehdi Karampour.

Mehdi Jafari’s ‘The Atmosphere Station’, ‘Vosouq Dead-end’ directed by Hamid Kaviani, ‘Asphyxia’ by Fereydoun Jeyrani and Peyman Ghasemkhani’s ‘The Good, The Bad, and the Gaudy’ are also to go on the silver screen on February 1, 2017.

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 January 29 to February 9.

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