101 countries to attend 100-sec film festival

Filmmakers from more than 100 countries have submitted their works to the secretariat of the 11th International 100-sec Film Festival in Iran.

Behnam Bahadori, secretary of the event, said 101 international filmmakers have highly welcomed the festival which is slated to be held on February 22-24.

“Iran’s cinema section will be held in main competition and experimental sections,” he added.

He also noted that the international section of the festival is scheduled to screen titles in documentary, feature, and animation sections.

“The main theme and motto of the international section has focused on morality and ethical values,” the secretary added.

Pointing out that the films of this edition have improved in quality and quantity, Bahadori said “Most of the submitted works convey social and cultural messages, while some are in children as well as horror genres and some others take world politics into account.”

The US with 217 works has the lead, while India with 203 works, the UK with 89 works, Turkey with 74 works, Spain with 67 works and Canada with 56 works have submitted the most titles at the secretariat.

“100-sec Film is a new and suitable media for the novel tools with the ability to exceptionally influence the high-speed and obstreperous world today and can blatantly get some seconds of the hurried and impatient audience,” the festival’s website wrote.

The 11th edition of the International 100-sec Film Festival will be held in Tehran on February 22-24, 2017.

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